Yes, letting Amazon own the .book domain is a really bad idea
Amazon wants to own generic top-level domains like .book and .author, but the book industry is pushing back.
Amazon wants to own generic top-level domains like .book and .author, but the book industry is pushing back.
Microsoft wants .docs, .windows, and .xbox. Amazon -- and 12 other applicants -- wants .app. Seven different companies want .love.
ICANN, a nonprofit overseeing IP address spaces, voted Monday to approve extending the number of available top-level domain extensions, or TLDs. No longer will companies and organizations be restricted to the 22 existing extensions like .com, .edu, .org.
The move …