Nope, .gov belongs to the US, so they get to hog it. It's a historical vestige, the Internet started out as a U.S. government-sponsored research network, so th

Nope, .gov belongs to the US, so they get to hog it. It's a historical vestige, the Internet started out as a U.S. government-sponsored research network, so they built it for their own needs. There's absolutely no reason to them to give that up.