.music
| TLD type | Niche TLD |
|---|---|
| Status | proposed |
.music is a proposed top-level domain names (TLD) dedicated for the use of music dissemination and appreciation. It is one of the most highly contested new gTLDs, with 8 competitive applications in contention.
This application for .music is a community priority application and was applied for by .MUSIC under the legal name of DotMusic Limited. CGR E-Commerce Ltd is part of the Roussos Group of Companies (RGC) and parent company of DotMusic Limited. RCG was founded in 1975 in Limassol, Cyprus and is one of the leading land and development companies in the country. .MUSIC is headed by Constantine Roussos. In 2005 he launched the .MUSIC (music.us) website to gather support via a petition to ICANN to approve the .music TLD for the global music community. His initiative was supported by members of the music community including bands, musicians, companies, professionals, organizations and many others. Based on the .MUSIC website, the .MUSIC Initiative gathered more than 1.5 million signatures for the petition. The .MUSIC Initiative objectives include:
The .MUSIC Initiative also gathered support from different social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Myspace. The .MUSIC Myspace page has almost 4.3 million friends or followers. MUSIC has also received endorsement of support from a federation of nearly 70 governments and arts councils, an international association of music information centers from over 30 countries, music coalitions from different regions, music export offices, major and independent music digital distributors, a diverse range of music associations and others. Aside from Roussos, Tina Dam, Robert Singerman, David Hazan, Paul Zamek, Ken Abdo, Bob Donnelly and John Simson comprise the Leadership Team of .MUSIC Initiative. The team plans to operate the .music TLD using the multi-stakeholder approach and a portion of the revenue generated from the .music TLD registrations will be donated to selected non-profit music organizations. Registrations will be restricted to .MUSIC-accredited Community Member Organizations (MCMOs). The company chose Afilias to provide back-end registry services.
Far Further was founded by music professionals with the objective to unite the global music industry and to provide a secure domain space for the industry, with a mission to promote music, protect intellectual property rights and to help advance music education through the .music TLD. Their application for .music is a community priority application and was applied for under the legal name of .music LLC, which is a subsidiary of Far Further LLC. They have adopted the values, rights and objectives of the International Music Council, as their Guiding Principles. The International Music Council (IMC), founded in 1949 by UNESCO, is the world's largest network of organizations, institutions and individuals working in the field of music.
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