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ICANN would take control and find a new operator. There is a pretty long and tedious process involved with operating a gTLD, including proving that you have the
by arcdigital 12y ago
ICANN would take control and find a new operator. There is a pretty long and tedious process involved with operating a gTLD, including proving that you have the appropriate finances and resources to support the domain.
- wmf 12y agoIn addition, ICANN requires registries (the companies that run TLDs) to escrow their data so that it won't be lost in case they go out of business. http://icannwiki.com/Data_Escrow http://icannwiki.com/Data_Escrow
- ohashi 12y agoAlso the underlying software managing the registry is often outsourced to companies like NeuStar. I imagine if that is the case, they could keep operating it without issue until a new caretaker is found/organized/whatever.