Is ICANN's new generation of internet domain name selection process thwarting competition? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, February 8, 2001.

In Nov. 2000 ICANN (Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers) selected 7 new top-level domain names to add to those already in use (.com, .net, and .org): .biz, .info, .pro, .name, .museum, .aero, and .coop. Also, 37 other applicants were not selected, and others could not afford the $50,000 application fee or chose not to apply because they question ICANN's authority to play God with respect to approving new names. Witnesses: Elana Broitman, register.com; Vinton Cerf, ICANN; Alan Davidson, Ctr. for Democ. and Tech.; A. Michael Froomkin, Univ. of Miami School of Law; Leah Gallegos, AtlanticRoot Network, Inc.; Kenneth Hansen, NeuStar; Lou Kerner, .tv; and David Short, IATA.

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