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.ai domain registrations generated 20% of Anguilla's government annual revenue

by admp on 6/3/24, 10:08 PM with 1 comments

• by ggm on 6/3/24, 10:47 PM

  This doesn't always end well. I believe .tv Had issues around governance, and contract. Sometimes, the nation-state wants the income more than it wants ownership but if the domain takes off then the revenue flows can be complicated by commercial behaviour.

  I think it best if the economy retains substantive ownership of the registry, the ICANN contract, the function, and leases the operations.

  I don't know how Anguilla did it, but I do believe it's been painful for some island economies who got caught out (.nu maybe?)