Debate: City.com domain names.
Should “city.com” type domain names be in the hands of their local governments or in the hands of domainers.
Why?
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** From John: Regardless of the quality of the site the domain is sitting on?
Comment by Sammy Ashouri — March 24, 2008 @ 8:11 am
“.com” = (dot commercial)
“.gov” = (dot government)
I can’t register a “.gov” extension for a good reason. Am I missing something? These recent debates and proposed laws make no sense to me. Which government entity would get “Wilmington”? Delaware or North Carolina?
** From John: Good question. What solution would you propose?
Comment by Jeremy — March 24, 2008 @ 9:17 am
Create standards for government entities.
Delaware gets both:
wilmingtonde.gov
wilmingtondelaware.gov
North Carolina gets both:
wilmingtonnc.gov
wilmingtonnorthcarolina.gov
If the government or chamber of commerce wants wilmington.com, wilmingtonde.com, wilmingtonnc.com, or any other variation they could attempt to purchase the domain from the owner.
Comment by Jeremy — March 24, 2008 @ 9:57 am
When it comes to City.com domain names it should be if a particular Government Department wants to get a City.com domain they should buy it.
Governments already have .gov domain name ext. and that is all they should ever have.
They should have NO right to “steal” City.com from domain name owners - if they want it they should buy it.
Comment by Damir — March 24, 2008 @ 10:56 am
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Comment by Joe — March 24, 2008 @ 11:56 am
In all fairness, the city.com should rightfully be in the hands of whoever righfully purchased it. Hopefully, they won’t waste such prime real estate, but it is essentially up to them as the owner. The government has city.gov, so they should DEFINATELY NOT automatically have claim to the city.com.
Comment by Lance — March 24, 2008 @ 4:15 pm