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Naseem,
Interesting article.

>The end user would be seriously frustrated to remember if it should type a hospital, doctor or medical suffix to find help.

These days, most end users depend on search engines like Google to find domain names.  Analysis of traffic to our own domain registrar site (http://www.namesbeyond.com) shows a large percentage of visits coming from Search Engines.

> First, as long as there are no requirements for any proof or identification for a particular business or activity, anybody could use any suffix and simply jump into any category of choice.

I had not read the .XXX ICANN application before, but after your post, I did go and read it.  The registry is saying they will perform serious proof and identification for adult-site activity.

Uma Murali
NamesBeyond.com

" The registry is saying they will perform serious proof and identification for adult-site activity."

We have all heard that before - didn't they promise that with .pro??

It's all a mess - they should stop adding new suffixes and let the market absorb what is already out there in names.

Jim
www.choppers.com

Dear Naseem,

I belevie that there is a confusion in granting privacy to pornography websites and allow them to "hide" into domains such as kitten.com or something similar. Privacy is a legitimate concern that has strong support along the internet communitty. On the other hand, the practice of hiding in domain names that are confusing or induce mistrepresentations is one that can´t be supportted or protected, at least not as in privacy issues.

ICANN´s plans for .XXX does not incude enforcements. It´s simply out of ICANN´s scope to address such an issue. I do beleive that the creation of strong incentives by the registry side could granted the domain success, but that´s another discussion.

About your comments on trademarks, it might be logical to ask ourselves if a little ammendment to the UDRP would solve the kind of problems you accurately pointed out.

Sincerely,

Sebastian Ricciardi