RE: [ga] Top-level name suggestion

["Kroon, Richard" <Richard_Kroon@MPAA.org>]

There has been some confusion regarding my earlier posting. I did not intend
to imply that the MPA has changed it's position regarding the creation of
TLDs, or that I represented any of the MPA interests beyond the scope of my
duties. What I described was a work in progress that has not been given over
to internal review, but was coincidentally related to Nigel Pearson's
original posting.  If you have any questions, regarding MPA's official
positions with regard to Domain Names, please contact Tod Cohen in MPAA's
Washington office or Ted Shapiro in MPA's Brussels office.  Tod's e-mail is
Tod_Cohen@mpaa.org

--Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Measday [mailto:measday@attglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 4:05 AM
To: Kroon, Richard
Cc: 'nigel@ind.tansu.com.au'; ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [ga] Top-level name suggestion


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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