.hiv
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| Type: | non-profit |
| Industry: | nTLD |
| Founded: | 2011 |
| Founder(s): | Carolin Silbernagl, Tobias Mölder, Philipp Kafkoulas, Dr. Michael Trautmann |
| Headquarters: | Berlin |
| Country: | Germany |
| Email: | mail[at]dothiv.org |
| Website: | dotHIV.org |
| Facebook: | dot HIV |
| Key People | |
| Carolin Silbernagl, Chairwoman and CEO dotHIV association Tobias Mölder, Board Member and CFO | |
.hiv is a proposed TLD for spreading awareness, raising funds and joining in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The German non profit organisation is supported by the creative agency kempertrautmann [1], the online donation plattform betterplace.org [2], members of the ICANN community, the medical sciences community, and members of the HIV communities.[3] The application for the TLD is set to be submitted in January, 2012.[4]
One goal is that every major website currently under a different TLD could create an additional .hiv version which forwards to the standard domain (e.g. google could run, google.hiv alongside google.com). The user can chose whether he/she addresses the content through the standard web adress or via the .hiv-adress.
The difference: Every click on a .hiv-domain will result in a microdonation to organizations fighting HIV and AIDS, financed trough the accumulated registration fees. [5]
A little movie explains the main concept in 111 seconds: Movie.
Anyone who is interested in the project can contribute towards it by contacting dotHIV through their email address.
External Links
- News about dotHIV.