David Goldstein
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Nominet's CEO Lesley Cowley has added to the debate spelling out why Nominet wants to introduce second level registrations for .uk.
She writes that "It's fair to say that our system of third level registrations is out of step with the rest of the industry. We are the largest country code registry to still operate this way."
She goes on to write that "research tells us that second level domains are desirable, and our assessment of the domain name market’s liberalisation suggests that we ought to put changes in place now to secure the future of the .uk namespace. We do not believe that all new gTLDs will be successful, but if a few become direct competitors that will have a significant impact on the .uk registry."
Regarding the last point, Cowley believes new gTLDs pose a potential threat to existing ccTLDs, a point raised at the last Names Policy Panel, and Cowley believes ccTLDs in English speaking countries are most at risk.
The full post is on the Nominet blog at http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/blog/time-change.
She writes that "It's fair to say that our system of third level registrations is out of step with the rest of the industry. We are the largest country code registry to still operate this way."
She goes on to write that "research tells us that second level domains are desirable, and our assessment of the domain name market’s liberalisation suggests that we ought to put changes in place now to secure the future of the .uk namespace. We do not believe that all new gTLDs will be successful, but if a few become direct competitors that will have a significant impact on the .uk registry."
Regarding the last point, Cowley believes new gTLDs pose a potential threat to existing ccTLDs, a point raised at the last Names Policy Panel, and Cowley believes ccTLDs in English speaking countries are most at risk.
The full post is on the Nominet blog at http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/blog/time-change.
