.hiv

Status:	Proposed
Manager:	DotHIV gemeinnütziger e.V.
Type:	Niche TLD
Category:	Health
PIC Submitted:	Download Here
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.hiv is a proposed TLD for spreading awareness, raising funds, and joining in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The application for the TLD is set to be submitted in January, 2012 as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program, by DotHIV gemeinnütziger e.V.. The applicant has submitted a Public Interest Commitment, mainly stating that, "dotHIV as a social enterprise is driven by its sole mission to support the global HIV response. Therefore we will reinvest all excess profits in projects serving this mission."

DotHIV's main goal is for every major website to create an additional .hiv version that would forward to the standard domain (e.g. Google could run google.hiv alongside google.com), with every click on a .hiv domain resulting in a microdonation to organizations fighting HIV and AIDS, financed trough the accumulated registration fees. Users could chose whether to visit the standard web adress or the .hiv address.

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European Commission Communiqué

The European Commission flagged the application for .hiv outside of ICANN's defined remediation processes.

Just after ICANN's GAC issued its Early Warnings, which are advice given from one GAC member country to an applicant warning it of potential issues within its application, the European Commission issued a letter to all applicants within the new gTLD program. The letter highlights 58 applications that "could raise issues of compatibility with the existing legislation .. and/or with policy positions and objectives of the European Union." It notes a desire to open a dialogue with each offending applicant.

The Commission specifically notes that this objection is not a part of the GAC Early Warning process, and goes on to note that "the Commission does not consider itself legally bound to [ICANN] processes," given that there is not legal agreement between the two bodies.

External Links

• News about dotHIV
• Kempertrautmann
• betterplace.org

Top-Level Domain

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