Movie's TLD - .mov or .movie?

[kjmz]

Hi,

I thought of a TLD for a long time that would actual be good. I finally thought of one, .mov or .movie. You always see movies having there .com taken, so they have to go to something like www.sony.com/thescorpion (fake movie name.)

If there was a movie extension it would really help movie makers out and even people because they would know everything would be legitimate.

What do you guys think of this one?

All comments are welcome!

 

[True_Snake]

Nice idea. Though I like .MOVIE more, .MOV would be easier to type. So I voted .MOV.

As for the idea, I think it's great. I think it'd open a new door to the way movies are marketed :tu: .


True_Snake

 

[equity78]

NONE of the above just another ext to dilute values and make Icann and registries money.

 

[kjmz]

NONE of the above just another ext to dilute values and make Icann and registries money.

This one wouldn't dilute values because I'm saying it would be only available for movies. No one else it would be able to register it because then it would just defeat the whole purpose of making it.

 

[kjmz]

Does anyone else have some opinions about this? The thread got lost yesterday night.

 

[Refrozen]

I think if we only allowed the motion picture industry to register them, that'd be a great idea.

 

[kjmz]

I think if we only allowed the motion picture industry to register them, that'd be a great idea.

That's what I mean't. Do you think that ICANN would even listen to me or do you think I need to have a lot of money for this?

 

[downloadfreak]

.movie would be great

 

[kjmz]

.movie would be great

It's way better then all the ones they're considering and the ones they already accepted:
.asia
.cat
.jobs
.mail (I think it would ruin email)
.mobi (This is one of the only ones I think is acceptable but it's still not even that great.)
.post
.tel (Wouldn't that be the same as .mobi)
.travel
.xxx

.Movie actually has some thought because there are tons of movies and tons of domains that the movie makers don't get to use because of squatters.

It's even shorter than .travel, unless it got turned into .mov

 

[Rom]

How about .film?

 

[kjmz]

How about .film?

It's an alright idea. I kind of like .mov or .movie better. If I could edit the poll I would put it into there. I was thinking of another option like that but I never did think of it. Anyways it could be useful because it's only 4 letters compared to .movie, which is 5.

 

[RegFee]

.mov is a file extension. I think it might be a little confusing. I don't like .movie though. So I vote neither. Good idea, but what about independant film makers?

 

[kjmz]

.mov is a file extension. I think it might be a little confusing. I don't like .movie though. So I vote neither. Good idea, but what about independant film makers?

Well, I have seen a .com file extension before. I guess it would be better to do .movie or .film then. Anyways I think whoever makes a movie and has a trademark for it should be able to get one. Maybe there should be an exception for independant film makers but then the samething might happen. I'm leaning more to the trademark ones only because then anyone could just register one.

Good comments!

 

[DJ-Sound]

I like .mov better.

 

[kjmz]

I like .mov better.

Any reason why? Just because it's shorter or looks better?

 

[DJ-Sound]

both, i don't like full words as extensions like .name .travel .whatever

I think .mov is much better.

a good bit of domains are too hard to remember and type in, extensions need to stay short and simple.

 

[kjmz]

both, i don't like full words as extensions like .name .travel .whatever

I think .mov is much better.

a good bit of domains are too hard to remember and type in, extensions need to stay short and simple.

I guess that's true but since it would just be for movies, wouldn't it be kind of obvous

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Personally, I think .info works well.

I don't like long extensions like .movie with 5 characters, even though it does elimiinate confusion. Also, what's next after that?....book, .series, .documentary, .painting, .art, .realityTV, .gameshow,...

.arts or .ent (entertainment) would cover most of them in a broader sense. .med(ia) or .vid(eo) may work as well. One would probably have to be an (unpopular) limited use sTLD to really keep it to it's intent.

 

[kjmz]

Personally, I think .info works well.

I don't like long extensions like .movie with 5 characters, even though it does elimiinate confusion. Also, what's next after that?....book, .series, .documentary, .painting, .art, .realityTV, .gameshow,...

.arts or .ent (entertainment) would cover most of them in a broader sense. .med(ia) or .vid(eo) may work as well. One would probably have to be an (unpopular) limited use sTLD to really keep it to it's intent.

You have some great points there! I never actually thought of them. I know movies have been having a real big problem with this though. Other entertainment like books, paintings, and arts aren't really the same because a lot of them don't even have websites. All movies have a website to show off the movie and their trailer. .RealityTV and .Gameshow wouldn't be neccessary because they alreay have .TV, which isn't a real sTLD but still it's promoted as that and it does look like it. .Documentary could be under .mov or .movie as well because it's pretty much the same thing. There always would be a way to shorten the extension though, that's really not a problem.

Great post, I love a challenger!

Thanks.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

The film industry could certainly afford to sponsor it's own domain name TLD if they wanted. However, I think sites like sony often prefer to have you directly on a subdmain or directory of their main site to show their other products.

Adult movies will soon have a fitting TLD, anyway....