dot Music: A Domain Name Extension for the Music Industry
While attending MIDEM last week, I met Constantine Roussos, founder of the ".music" top level domain name initiative. Essentially, he's attempting to generate enough public support to successfully petition ICANN to add .music to the existing list of Generic Top Level Domain Name extensions, such as .com, .net, .org, etc. Constantine has already received over 1 million signatures supporting the .music extension, but it has not yet been approved, even though extensions like .biz, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .travel and others already exist.
While the majority of musicians, bands and music industry companies rely on .com and/or .net for their URLs, domain names for these extensions are scare, and I think the music industry would not only benefit from a specific extension, but would welcome it. I would definitely use .music to augment my current registrations (e.g. BandMetrics.music MusicScout.music). Would you?
Go here to sign the petition.
While the majority of musicians, bands and music industry companies rely on .com and/or .net for their URLs, domain names for these extensions are scare, and I think the music industry would not only benefit from a specific extension, but would welcome it. I would definitely use .music to augment my current registrations (e.g. BandMetrics.music MusicScout.music). Would you?
Go here to sign the petition.
