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The public comment period for the second draft of the guidebook for the new gTLD extensions closes on Monday.

What’s at stake?

Much more than just the rules for the new gTLDs. What ICANN winds up doing on these new extensions, will impact all existing extensions, including .com’s.

In a sternly worded letter to ICANN , International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it reserves the right to “take action against ICANN for damages resulting to the IOC or the Olympic Movement from the implementation of the gTLD proposal.”

As reported last July, there is a proposal from some Flemish politicians to create a .vla top level domain under the new gTLD process launched by ICANN. The proposal further elaborated that the Flemish government would have to cover the costs.