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'''.fail''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Donuts]] (Atomic Pipe, LLC).<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>

'''.fail''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant and now [[Registry Operator]] is [[Donuts]] (Atomic Pipe, LLC).<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> Their application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 23 April 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 30 May 2014</ref>

The application was subject to a [[GAC]] Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, [[Heather Dryden]]. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied. The warning states that the string .fail is of a high critical nature and that [[Donuts]] has not adequately addressed the possibility of a high number of [[Defensive Registration]]s.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Fail-AU-73190.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353383534000 Fail AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref>

==Application Details==

The application was subject to a [[GAC]] Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, [[Heather Dryden]]. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied. The warning states that the string .fail is of a high critical nature and that Donuts has not adequately addressed the possibility of a high number of [[Defensive Registration]]s.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Fail-AU-73190.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353383534000 Fail AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref>

 

===Application Details===

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

OUR PROTECTIONS

OUR PROTECTIONS

Donuts has consulted with and evaluated the ideas of international law enforcement, consumer privacy advocacy organizations, intellectual property interests and other Internet industry groups to create a set of protections that far exceed those in existing TLDs, and bring to the Internet namespace nearly two dozen new rights and protection mechanisms to raise user safety and protection to a new level."<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/776 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 22 Feb 2013</ref>

Donuts has consulted with and evaluated the ideas of international law enforcement, consumer privacy advocacy organizations, intellectual property interests and other Internet industry groups to create a set of protections that far exceed those in existing TLDs, and bring to the Internet namespace nearly two dozen new rights and protection mechanisms to raise user safety and protection to a new level."<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/776 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 22 Feb 2013</ref>

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