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Article: Firms Vie for Right to Operate '.org' Domain
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 20, 2002
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The battle for the right to operate the Internet's fifth-largest
addressing suffix began in earnest Tuesday, as three Washington area
groups joined others from around the world in a race to become the
next operator of ".org."
Created alongside .com and .net more than a decade ago, .org is
the online home to many of the world's political, nonprofit and
philanthropic groups. With Internet addressing giant VeriSign Inc.
slated to relinquish its hold on .org in December, Internet
authorities are searching the globe to find a new home for the
popular domain.
Public interest advocates are closely following that search.
The .org domain suffix "is a space that has a special role,
particularly for ...