Re: [ga] Top-level name suggestion

[Andy Gardner <andy@navigator.co.nz>]

>	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.

And you thingk they'd listen anyway?

>	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?

Why not?

>* 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".

How do you know this? There could be a number of companies around the world
called whatisthematrix.

>  To my way of thinking, the registration should not be allowed.

There are thousands of domains registered each day. Why have you got it in
for movie domain names?

Just because Australia has the most anal domain rules in the world?

>* 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.

And you point is?

>* Sometimes, a movie name will clash with a company name.

Here's some news for you - there are more than one company in the world
called John Smith Plumbing. Are you worred about that clash?

>
>
>	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.

About as pendantic as wanting movies to have their own TLD, becuase you
think they don't belong in .com.

>	Anyone else think that movie names should _not_ be .com ?

No. Only you.


Andrew P. Gardner
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