[governance] Donuts Inc.’s major play for new Web domain names raises eyebrows - The Washington Post

[Robert Pollard]

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

A historic land
rush<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/06/AR2011020603940.html>is
underway for vast new swaths of the Internet:
Amazon <http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=AMZN>has
bid for control of all the Web addresses that end with “.book.”
Google <http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=GOOG>wants
“.buy.”
Allstate <http://washpost.bloomberg.com/marketnews/stockdetail/?symbol=ALL>wants
“.carinsurance.”

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 — more than Google, Amazon and
Allstate combined<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>—
has prompted alarm among industry groups and Internet watchdogs.
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.

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