The Internet battle for .bible

[Hum]

Recent moves by the ruling body that oversees the Internet have allowed for the most dramatic expansion in the Internet since it was created: an almost limitless number of top-level domains are now possible, to join the classics such as .com, .edu and .net.

But that expansion has led to feuding over certain loaded religious words and terminology. Should the Catholic Church automatically control the .catholic domain? What if the church hasn?t applied, perhaps balking at the whopping $185,000 submission fee?

Apparently, the geeks at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) won?t be consulting the Gospels to decide who can have such domains.

"We don't look into whether the Vatican has the right to the .catholic name," Akram Atallah, interim head of ICANN, told Reuters. "Hopefully, the process will get to a conclusion that is satisfying to the majority."

According to the news agency, as soon as ICANN began accepting applications for such domains in June, bids came in for extensions such as .catholic, .islam and .bible. Not far behind were critics who challenged whether any one applicant can own such a loaded domain -- and potentially monopolize its usage.

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[bj55555]

Can't wait to reserve my first .god and .allah domain names.

[Praetor]

.neowin anyone?

and yeah, a single institution / organization shouldn't own a domain that represents millions (common sense).

[Anibal P]

.neowin anyone?

and yeah, a single institution / organization shouldn't own a domain that represents millions (common sense).

Makes more sense than 30 organizations making available millions of retarded TLDs, it's worked so far the it's set up, there's no valid reason anyone can come up with to change it

[Praetor]

Makes more sense than 30 organizations making available millions of retarded TLDs, it's worked so far the it's set up, there's no valid reason anyone can come up with to change it

so by using that logic one could register a .democratic domain that would represent all the democratic parties in the world?

eh??

[Anibal P]

so by using that logic one could register a .democratic domain that would represent all the democratic parties in the world?

eh??

That's the point of having ONE organization doing it, they can weigh the TLD and decide whether or not to allow it, with many, you just shop for one that's willing to care about the money more

[Growled Member]

One more thing for the idiots to argue over. Sigh.

[remixedcat]

hotvids.bible

[Hum]

bible.xxx :shifty:

[badb0y]

porn.bible

sex.bible

f#*k.bible

s#!Tis.bible

[compl3x]

What if the church hasn?t applied, perhaps balking at the whopping $185,000 submission fee?

To an organisation worth tens of billions of dollars, 185 grand is chicken feed.

[*RedBull*]

SweetDaddyLove.bible

HarshDaddylove.koran

nakedladies.koran

littleboylove.koran (you know it happens)

Now watch the Muslims declare Jihad on the internet.

[Chris123NT]

SweetDaddyLove.bible

HarshDaddylove.koran

nakedladies.koran

littleboylove.koran (you know it happens)

Now watch the Muslims declare Jihad on the internet.

At least they can't blow themselves up on the internet :p

Well, I guess they could on youtube but they won't be accomplishing their goal of killing infidels :p.

I kid, I kid :p

[djdanster]

I'd take "thebro.bible" in a heartbeat.

[jakem1]

keepyourfilthyhandsoffmykids.catholic

[HawkMan]

so by using that logic one could register a .democratic domain that would represent all the democratic parties in the world?

eh??

Well , except it doesn't make terribly much sense outside the us anyway.

[Crisp]

blow.me

[PsyOpWarlord]

One more thing for the idiots to argue over. Sigh.

Sure: .idiot