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Originally Posted by DomainsInc  If idn.idn comes out i think it will end up rendering idn.com,net,org ect obsolete. |
idn.com, idn.net, idn.cn, idn.jp etc. most certainly CAN become idn.idn (equal to .com, .net, .jp etc.). This is all in the pipeline, it will be up to Verisign and the various registries if they choose to do this.
Some speculate they will offer BOTH idn.com, etc. etc. aliased to their equivalents as idn.idn. Some suggest they might even get the idea to allow you to buy one, or both for an extra registration fee.
The information regaring .com etc., and the provided protection by ICANN against any new "confusingly similar" extensions to anything already existing are all addressed in the ICANN and GNSO documents and working papers.
http://public.icann.org/files/NewgTL...tz_Dubai08.pdf
Quote: New gtld's "must not cause string confusion"
idn.com, idn.cn, idn.jp etc. should all stay on the top of the food chain, perhaps morphing to idn.idn at some point. The news of (new) idn.idn has been good publicity, especially with Russian idns which now are getting some nice type in traffic.