Berlin Trying For Its Own Domain Name
Businessman Dirk Krischenowski is bidding to make his city the first ever with its own TLD.
Krischenowski says, “It’s spelled the same in both English and German, and has no accents over its letters.†This is an advantage since Berlin is regarded as part of the continent’s identity. “It would be great for tourism,†he says.
ICANN states that creation of geographical TLDs must be supported by applicable government agencies. Lawyers experienced in the domain name TLD proposal business declare this isn’t easy. Getting it to pass government approval is fairly easy, but getting past the fickle ICANN board is extremely tricky.
Michael Froomkin, a lawyer familiar with these types of cases, says, “It’s not the people with the best ideas, but those with close ties to ICANN staff and board members who get their ideas approved.†He later says, “The insiders always win.â€
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LOL ! right said. But I don’t think it would be a easy deal for Dirk, if it did it would be the first domain of it’s kind (city based).
Comment by Sam Morgan — February 23, 2006 @ 8:16 pm
What about .tk ? it got approved .
Comment by Chris M — February 23, 2006 @ 8:23 pm