.sucks
| Status: | Delegated |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Commerce |
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.sucks is a delegated TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. Momentous (Vox Populi) is the manager and registry for .sucks. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 24 February, 2015.[1]
Current Applicant[edit | edit source]
- Momentous (Vox Populi Registry Inc.) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC), which can be downloaded here.
Private Auction[edit | edit source]
A private auction resolved the contention set for this string in November 2014, with Vox Populi Registry winning the rights for the gTLD.[2]
Previous Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Top Level Spectrum, Inc. (Jay Westerdal)[3]
- Donuts (Dog Bloom, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
PICs[edit | edit source]
Momentous and Donuts both submitted PICs. Donuts' lays out its protection mechanisms that are uniform across nearly all of its TLDs, while Momentous notably commits their potential .sucks registry from expert evaluation panel to identify cyberbullying, pornographic sites, and parked pages, which are then to be subject to rapid takedown.[4]
Objection[edit | edit source]
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD, on the grounds that it might also be used by pornographic sites.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Delegated String, ICANN.org Retrieved 23 Mar 2015
- ↑ Battles for .chat, .style, .tennis, .bingo, and .sas Are Over By Kevin Murphy, DomainIncite.com; Retrieved 13 Nov 2014
- ↑ Sucks Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ PIC Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org Retrieved 12 March 2013
- ↑ Saudi Arabia opposes .gay internet domain name, bbc.com