Music organisations worldwide have come together in support of the DotMusic application to manage a .music domain. Since 2012, IFACCA has partnered with DotMusic in its application to ICANN to manage the .music domain name.

Over 100 organizations have now endorsed DotMusic’s application.  The CEO, Constantine Roussos, says that these organisations represent over 95 percent of music consumed in the world.

The .MUSIC application will now be assessed by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in ‘Community Priority Evaluation’ prior to a final decision being made, on four criteria: community establishment; nexus between proposed string and community; registration policies, and community endorsement. Another ‘community’ applicant, Far Further, has not been successful.

Previous IFACCA announcements regarding this process are available:

June 2012: http://www.ifacca.org/announcements/2012/06/13/ifacca-partnership-music-community-bid-new-gtld/

February 2013: http://ifacca.org/announcements/2013/02/27/express-your-view-applications-new-music-domain/

Recent news articles regarding the .MUSIC application are also available:

http://music.us/RIAA_Backs_DotMusic.pdf

http://diffuser.fm/will-dot-music-domains-make-the-internet-better/

http://ifacca.org/announcements/2013/02/27/express-your-view-applications-new-music-domain/