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The New Health-Related Top-Level Domains Are Coming: Will Cureforcancer.health Go to the Highest Bidder?

Author(s) -

Günther Eysenbach

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of medical internet research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.446

H-Index - 142

eISSN - 1439-4456

pISSN - 1438-8871

DOI - 10.2196/jmir.3358

Subject(s) - corporation , the internet , business , domain name , public relations , health policy , domain (mathematical analysis) , internet privacy , political science , health care , law , computer science , finance , world wide web , mathematical analysis , mathematics

In 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a new round of applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) names, receiving 1930 applications, of which at least 18 were related to health (eg, “.doctor”, “.health”, “.med”). The entry of new, commercial players applying to create health-related names reopens the debate on the role of international organizations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders regarding the safeguards and policies needed to protect consumers.

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