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> With that, comes the question. Was anything lost? Well, the real question is, is there some regulation from ICANN in regards of terminating a gTLD who is not

> With that, comes the question. Was anything lost? Well, the real question is, is there some regulation from ICANN in regards of terminating a gTLD who is not for private use? I can understand that if I want to waste 185k into my very own gTLD then I can terminate it whenever I want, but what happens when I commercialize it?

ocdtrekkie 8y ago
That's a great question. There's never really been any likelihood of the operators of .com, .net, etc. going out of business, but a lot of these new TLDs very well could, and many were bought by smaller parties that aren't your Amazons or Googles. Does ICANN have a plan for transition for failed TLDs? It's not unrealistic to suggest the owners of .space or something could just go belly up.
- ci5er 8y ago
  > There's never really been any likelihood of the operators of .com, .net, etc. going out of business ORLY? Where were you in the summer of '87?
  - eropple 8y ago
    Gestating, personally. But I think it was pretty obvious that the poster you're replying to was referring to the commercialized era of the internet.
    - ci5er 8y ago
      Thanks, Joke Explainer. I would have never got that. (Although the other theory is that the poster was born after 1994 (not long odds on that one, given the local demographics), and doesn't know much about the Internet's history prior to Eternal September.) EDIT: The Gestating thing was clever. Thank you.
axaxs 8y ago
Used to work in the space. The long answer is complicated, and to be truthful I don't remember half of it, but the short answer is... EBERO. Essentially, someone else will take the TLD from you. What happens long term if the new operator doesn't want it, I don't quite know.
profmonocle 8y ago
There's a provision for this. TLD operators have to upload all registry data to an escrow service. If the TLD operator goes out of business or turns out to be technically incapable of running the registry, ICANN can access this data and transfer the domain to another registry. ICANN has contracts with several registry operators to take over in case of an emergency like this. https://icannwiki.org/Data_Escrow https://icannwiki.org/Data_Escrow https://icannwiki.org/Emergency_Back-End_Registry_Operator https://icannwiki.org/Emergency_Back-End_Registry_Operator

ocdtrekkie 8y ago

That's a great question. There's never really been any likelihood of the operators of .com, .net, etc. going out of business, but a lot of these new TLDs very well could, and many were bought by smaller parties that aren't your Amazons or Googles. Does ICANN have a plan for transition for failed TLDs? It's not unrealistic to suggest the owners of .space or something could just go belly up.

ci5er 8y ago
> There's never really been any likelihood of the operators of .com, .net, etc. going out of business ORLY? Where were you in the summer of '87?
- eropple 8y ago
  Gestating, personally. But I think it was pretty obvious that the poster you're replying to was referring to the commercialized era of the internet.
  - ci5er 8y ago
    Thanks, Joke Explainer. I would have never got that. (Although the other theory is that the poster was born after 1994 (not long odds on that one, given the local demographics), and doesn't know much about the Internet's history prior to Eternal September.) EDIT: The Gestating thing was clever. Thank you.

axaxs 8y ago

Used to work in the space. The long answer is complicated, and to be truthful I don't remember half of it, but the short answer is... EBERO. Essentially, someone else will take the TLD from you. What happens long term if the new operator doesn't want it, I don't quite know.

profmonocle 8y ago

There's a provision for this. TLD operators have to upload all registry data to an escrow service. If the TLD operator goes out of business or turns out to be technically incapable of running the registry, ICANN can access this data and transfer the domain to another registry. ICANN has contracts with several registry operators to take over in case of an emergency like this. https://icannwiki.org/Data_Escrow https://icannwiki.org/Data_Escrow https://icannwiki.org/Emergency_Back-End_Registry_Operator https://icannwiki.org/Emergency_Back-End_Registry_Operator