Giving Big Corporations "Closed Generic" Top-Level Domain Names to Run as Private Kingdoms Is Still a Bad Idea
No business can own the generic word for the product it sells. We would find it preposterous if a single airline claimed exclusive use of the word “air,” or a broadband service tried to stop its rivals from using the word “broadband.” Until this year, it seemed settled that the internet’s top-level...
Source: eff.org