<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/donuts-incs-major-play-for-new-web-domain-names-raises-eyebrows/2012/09/24/c8745362-f782-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html"><span>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/donuts-incs-major-play-for-new-web-domain-names-raises-eyebrows/2012/09/24/c8745362-f782-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html</span></a><br>

<br>A historic <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/06/AR2011020603940.html">land rush</a> is underway for vast new swaths of the Internet: <a href="http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=AMZN">Amazon</a> has bid for control of all the Web addresses that end with “.book.” <a href="http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=GOOG">Google</a> wants “.buy.” <a href="http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=ALL">Allstate</a> wants “.carinsurance.”
                                                <p>But the single most aggressive bidder for lucrative new Web 
domains is a little-known investment group with an intriguing name: 
Donuts Inc. Its $57 million play for 307 new domains — <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-amazon-lead-rush-for-new-web-domain-suffixes-in-bids-to-icann/2012/06/13/gJQAwyM4aV_story.html">more than Google, Amazon and Allstate combined</a> — has prompted alarm among industry groups and Internet watchdogs.</p>

They warn that Donuts has close ties to a company with a well-documented
 history of providing services to spammers and other perpetrators of 
Internet abuses. Should Donuts come to control hundreds of new domains, 
including “.doctor,” “.financial” and “.school,” consumers could see a 
spike in online misbehavior, these critics warn.<br><br>...<br><br><br>