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Community-based top-level domain name File:.MUSIC Logo.png ICANN Registry Agreement for .music was signed on May 4, 2021 music Community https://music.us Media Constantine Roussos 448 - DotMusic Limited450 - Radix (DotMusic Inc.)749 - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (Entertainment Names Inc.)838 - Amazon1557 - Far Further (.music LLC)1634 - Donuts (Victor Cross)1830 - Famous Four Media (dot Music Limited)1907 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) .music is a community-based top-level domain name (TLD) operated for the benefit of the global music community. It was one of the most highly contested new gTLDs, with eight applicants in contention. On April 17, 2019, the .MUSIC registry, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs, the International Federation of Musicians, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, the Recording Industry Association of America, the National Music Publishers' Association, The Recording Academy, the Independent Music Companies Association, the Worldwide Independent Network, the American Association of Independent Music, the NSAI, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), and the Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) announced that the global music community based application, that was supported by a global music coalition with members representing over 95% of global music consumed, was approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).http://music.us/press-releases/global-music-community-wins-music-domain-extension-rights/ Global music community prevails in winning the rights to the .MUSIC domain extension 2021-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20201024000047/https://music.us/press-releases/global-music-community-wins-music-domain-extension-rights/ 2020-10-24 The .MUSIC registry agreement was signed on May 4, 2021.https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/details/music?section=agreement .music Registry Agreement 2021-09-20 Applicants .MUSIC What is the .MUSIC Domain? https://music.us/what-is-music/ .MUSIC (DotMusic) 24 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210304062343/https://music.us/what-is-music/ 2021-03-04 The .MUSIC Initiative by DotMusic is a truly global .MUSIC community-led effort and the only initiative with enhanced music tailored policies that ensure that music artists, bands, industry professionals and organizations register a trusted, secure and verified .MUSIC domain — a safe, authenticated domain identity similar to that of a domain ending in .EDU or .GOV — and own their exclusive www.name.music web address. Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) Amazon Donuts (Victor Cross) Far Further Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (TLDH) and LHL TLD Investment Partners Radix Famous Four MediaGRS Domains .MUSIC A community priority application was applied for by .MUSIC under the legal name of DotMusic.https://www.roussosgroup.com/ Roussos Group March 3, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614223113/http://roussosgroup.com/ June 14, 2013 dead MUSIC was headed by Constantine Roussos, who launched the .MUSIC Initiative in 2005 to gather support from the global music community for a petition to ICANN for the rights of .MUSIC. Associated organizations included the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), and the National Association of Music Manufacturers (NAMM).Application 1-1115-14110 The initiative's objectives included:Constantine Roussos Linkedin Profilehttp://music.us/ music.us 2013-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130614091407/http://www.music.us/ 2013-06-14 dead Music education Fighting piracy Promoting the arts and global music Innovation in music and the internet space Promoting competition The team planned to operate the .music TLD using a multi-stakeholder approach. A portion of the revenue generated from registrations was marked for donation to selected non-profit music organizations. These registrations would be restricted to .MUSIC-accredited Community Member Organizations (MCMOs).http://music.us/about.htm About Us 2013-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130529115135/http://music.us/about.htm 2013-05-29 dead CentralNic was selected as the back-end registry services provider..MUSIC (DotMusic) Applies for Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) with ICANN Far Further Far Further was founded by music professionalshttp://www.farfurther.com/about-us.html/ About US 2018-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092240/http://www.farfurther.com/about-us.html/ 2015-05-18 dead with the objective of uniting the global music industry by providing it with a secure domain spacehttp://www.farfurther.com/mission Far Further Mission 2018-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010527/http://www.farfurther.com/mission 2015-09-24 dead to promote music, protect intellectual property rights and help advance music education. They submitted a community priority application using .music LLC, a subsidiary of Far Further LLC. The company chose Neustar to provide back-end registry services. The domain was to be restricted to registrants qualified via association with a number of supporting organizations.RIAA backs .music new gTLD bidhttp://www.farfurther.com/about-us About Far Further 2018-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510121805/http://www.farfurther.com/about-us 2015-05-10 dead TLDH and LHL On March 23, 2012, Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. and LHL TLD Investment Partners signed a partnership agreement to apply for the .music TLD. Minds + Machines was to provide the back-end registry services.http://www.tldh.org/2012/03/tldh-to-apply-for-music/ TLDH to apply for .music 2013-06-14 2013-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20130706024021/http://www.tldh.org/2012/03/tldh-to-apply-for-music/ dead Amazon Amazon's application was issued a GAC Early WarningGAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012 from representative of Australia and GAC Chair Heather Dryden. It stated that the applicant was "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string [..] that relates to a broad market sector, " which Dryden noted could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Music-AU-18029.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353430576000 Music AU, GACweb.ICANN.org 2018-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20130121103431/https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Music-AU-18029.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353430576000 2013-01-21 dead Radix Radix received a GAC Early Warning from the U.S. Government. The issue did not relate to their technical capabilities or the content of their applications, but rather the inclusion of an email address associated with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in a recommendation filed with Radix's application.RadixReg. GACweb.ICANN.org https://web.archive.org/web/20130121103409/https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/RadixReg-US-31.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353452704000 2013-01-21 Retrieved 27 Nov 2012 Objections A Legal Rights Objection, as defined by the ICANN approved mediator WIPO, is a third party "formal objection to an application on several grounds [..] When such an objection is filed, an independent panel (comprised y of one or three experts) will determine whether the applicant's potential use of the applied-for gTLD would be likely to infringe [..] the objector's existing trademark, or IGO name or acronym."LRO, WIPO.int Retrieved 25 March 2013 Official objection An official objection was filed by DotMusic Limited against .music applicants since DotMusic Limited had registered trademarks for ".music" and "dotmusic" in nearly thirty countries.LRO Cases, WIPO.int Community objections The American Association of Independent Music (AAIM) and DotMusic filed community objections against Google, dot Music Limited, Dotmusic Inc., Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., and Donuts on the basis that they applied as open registries without enhanced safeguards or sufficient eligibility restrictions to protect music-related intellectual property and prevent music piracy. The AAIM also filed a community objection against Amazon because of its application's exclusive-access registry policies and discriminatory registration eligibility criteria that restricted registrations solely to Amazon and its affiliates. For the same reason, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies and DotMusic filed a community objection against Far Further.List of Pending Cases, ICCWBO.org Retrieved 14 May 2013 The objections against Amazon and Far Further were based on the ICANN Registry Agreement which required that new gTLD registries be subject to the requirements of Specification 11, which mandates that a TLD Registry must provide non-discriminatory access to registry services to all ICANN accredited registrars that enter into and are in compliance with the registry-registrar agreement for the TLD.New gTLD Agreement, Section 2.9, ICANN.org In February 2014 ICANN passed resolutions for the new gTLD program which mandated specific enhanced safeguardsICANN Resolutions, ICANN.org and prohibited applicants from operating a new gTLD as an exclusive-access registry for a TLD based on a generic term.ICANN Resolutions, ICANN.org References MUSIC