> I figured it was a new service by GitHub for musicians to version control their music This is why I feel the new TLD's are entirely a racket. ICANN builds a

> I figured it was a new service by GitHub for musicians to version control their music This is why I feel the new TLD's are entirely a racket. ICANN builds a system which is favorable to squatters - and when all the "good" domains are taken for com/net, they start to release new TLD's (instead of clawing back unused squatted domains) which corporations and celebrities must rush out to purchase or risk someone else using their brand name. There's the infamous story of Taylor Swift having to purchase her name on the .xxx, .adult, and .porn TLDs[1] And now presumably GitHub will feel compelled to purchase GitHub.academy, GitHub.technology, GitHub.build, GitHub.buzz, GitHub.careers, GitHub.codes, and many many more! So now ICANN can kick back and enjoy all those extra fees, and Registrars can kick back and enjoy all their new registrations... meanwhile squatters buy up a bunch of new domain names on the new TLDs, putting everyone right back where we were before the new TLDs were released. [1] http://fortune.com/2015/03/23/taylor-swift-adult-domains/ http://fortune.com/2015/03/23/taylor-swift-adult-domains/