A change like nothing before may be on its way for the Internet, as discussions are being held about the laws and regulations governing domain names. Specifically, the discussions are about top level domain names (.com, .net, .org, etc.) and if the plans are approved it could allow companies to use their own name as the domain itself.Efforts have been made over the last 3 years by Icann, the main Internet domain regulatory body, to relax the laws governing domain names. Apart from web address endings changing, there could also be drastic changes to the characters used for the addresses themselves, allowing different countries to use their own language's characters.
Essentially, this is freedom for everyone who wants to take over a small part of the internet for themselves. The number of names that can be used will rise by thousands over the next few years if the plans are approved.
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