Sell Them All And Let ICANN Sort ‘Em Out

I guess cities can get Internet domains? Now we have a new timewaster:

New York City is gearing up to apply for a new Internet domain with a .nyc suffix, a move made possible by a recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet address system, to approve the creation of a large number of new so-called top-level domains.

Here are a few domain names I’m going to be camping on an air mattress the week before to get:

• iro.nyc
• nan.nyc/ity
• whi.nyc/ity
• Also many variations of domain names featuring subdirectories titled “unt”; use your imagination there

So does that mean that a porn site can do business with a .nyc domain? Or is “alqaeda.nyc” off limits? Who decides?

The Post adds that “businesses based in or serving the five boroughs would be able to apply for the domain,” which will be perfect for my new business helping businesses establish their .nyc domains in one of the five boroughs. Maybe I’m being silly, but I don’t see this turning out so well . . . don’t municipal governments have better things to do than help sex sites brand themselves?