ICANN proposes new way to buy top-level domains - New York Times

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ICANN proposes new way to buy top-level domains
New York Times,*United States*- 32 minutes ago
The cost of a generic TLD and the responsibility of running a domain-name registry should also prevent the registration of some offensive domains, ...

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ICANN would charge groups $185,000 to apply for a generic TLD, with most of the money going toward evaluation of the application.

lol so if they reject it you lose your 185k
that'll be controversial