I think you're overthinking things. Check out http://www.microsoft.cc/ http://www.microsoft.cc/ for an indication of how much Microsoft worries about .cc domain

I think you're overthinking things. Check out http://www.microsoft.cc/ http://www.microsoft.cc/ for an indication of how much Microsoft worries about .cc domains. (Hint: either it's not owned by Microsoft, or their web designers have really gone downhill.)