Re: [ga] Top-level name suggestion

[Mark Measday <measday@attglobal.net>]

Mr Kroon,

Would it be possible for you to expand upon the plans which I understand the
MPAA
have in hand to tie content control, ie signatures etc, to structure,
ie.addresses and domain names.
I think it might be interesting to the DNSO audience.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Measday

"Kroon, Richard" wrote:

> Funny you should ask. I am with the Motion Picture Association. I am
> presently developing a formal proposal for exactly what you suggested -- the
> creation of additional top level domains to accommodate the needs of the
> entertainment industry. There are actually a number of elements about movies
> (and other forms of entertainment media) that do not lend themselves well to
> the standard DNS naming and administration conventions. I've not had a
> chance to review the "Interim Report from the WG-C, new gTLDs" to see how
> this might impact my proposal. I will certainly be at the ICANN meeting in
> Los Angeles next week and I'd be more than happy to discuss this with you
> then. --Richard
>
> Richard W. Kroon
> Manager, Applications Development
> Motion Picture Association
>   and
> Motion Picture Association of America
> 15503 Ventura Blvd.
> Encino, CA 91436
> richard_kroon@mpaa.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nigel@ind.tansu.com.au [mailto:nigel@ind.tansu.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 9:05 PM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] Top-level name suggestion
>
>         Hi. I don't know if this list is the right place to discuss
> this, but I couldn't think of any other way of talking to the people
> who make these decisions.
>
>         Would it be possible to start _enforcing_ a new domain nameing
> scheme for movies (motion pictures & videos) ?
> Something like '.mov' or '.movie'.
>
>         I am very annoyed that, every time a new hollywood blockbuster
> is named, a new top-level .com domain name is generated with teasers
> about the movie. Why?
>
> * A movie _not_ a company.
>   Movies are often produced by a company, and sometimes distributed by
>   another company. But 'www.whatisthematrix.com' is an abomination.
>   There is no business entity called "What is the Matrix".
>   To my way of thinking, the registration should not be allowed.
>
> * Most people expect to buy products from a company.
>   Some movie names might sell products (e.g. If I wanted to buy some
>   Star Wars stuff, I might look up www.starwars.com), but most do not.
>
> * Sometimes, a movie name will clash with a company name.
>
>         The same sort of idea could be applied to product names and
> celebrities' names (cindy.crawford.celebrity?), but I suspect that
> this would be seen as being too pedantic.
>
>         Anyone else think that movie names should _not_ be .com ?
>
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