Exactly. And to clarify, I very well may have missed something in the gTLD process that expressly requires—or attempted to require—the leasing of subdomains to

Exactly. And to clarify, I very well may have missed something in the gTLD process that expressly requires—or attempted to require—the leasing of subdomains to the public. Although I was familiar enough with gTLDs to decide I was opposed to their creation, I nevertheless have spent little time actually studying gTLD requirements and processes in detail. But even if there is such a requirement for public leasing, as you said above, the cost and process for subdomain registration could be designed by the owner to be prohibitive. I am not joking when I say it not once occurred to me that owners of gTLDs may be required to lease subdomains. I assumed, in fact, that a great deal of them would be used as the exclusive playgrounds of their well-off owners. As far as I can tell, the linked article/blog entry doesn't actually establish that requirement, but I could be wrong.