Re: New tlds arriving '09?
With a $100K registration fee, and the REQUIREMENT TO MANAGE it, I don't expect many problems. Major corporations can have .pepsi, .HP, .Dell, etc.
It's real simple, if they require the TLD's to have 4 or more characters, we can filter them ALL out, and have "INCLUSION LISTS", instead of filters and exclusion lists that grow beyond managable size. You could tell your system to reject any 4 or more character TLD except (maybe) .info, .mobi, and .microsoft.
Someone will almost certainly 'sponsor' .sex, .xxx, .adult, etc, they will be easy to filter (I think), as they will make the news as someone forks over the $$$ to sponsor the TLD.
Remember, this is not a free-for-all, this is an expensive club. Once, as an example, Microsoft sponsors .Microsoft, they just will not allow anyone except themselves, and maybe certified partners to use the TLD.
This could be something positive, eBayer's could register their site under .ebay to go straight to their eBay store using their existing URL prefix. You could access your Amazon.com account under yourname.amazon,
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