Will .film help in the battle against cybersquatting ?
ScreenDaily.com published an article on the Melbourne-based Motion Picture Domain Registry (MPDR) and their launch of .film, an extension dedicated exclusively to film content.
From the article:
The producers of Toronto selections February and Septembers Of Shiraz have already registered their official site with the suffix as the product is marketed to the industry as a potential anti-piracy device.
Both hail from Nu Image / Millennium Films run by Avi Lerner, who became a vocal critic of piracy after The Expendables 3 was seen more than 10million times last year ahead of its legitimate release when pirates uploaded a version on to illegal sites.
Paris Film, Highland Film Group, Big Talk Productions and Film Distributors’ Association are also understood to have reserved the domain name, which was developed in consultation with the film industry.
MDPR said the idea behind the domain name is that by reserving it for film content only it will prevent cyber-squatting from unofficial third-party sites.
Read the full article on ScreenDaily.com
The concept is great, but the TLD isn’t. Film is associated with a medium that’s outdated, and the .Movie gTLD covers that range using a popular, generic keyword.
Depends on country as to whether the term movie or film is preferred.
Film is 4 letters, so that is a slight win.
Film is also around $100 cheaper on registration of names unless it is a category pick at which point it is around $7,000 more expensive.
Hollywood tends to prefer movie.
Movie came out first and already has franchise usage.
Film requires you to prove your credentials.
I think film will do its intended job regarding cybersquatting, but will in the end be a flop compared to .movie unless bollywood latches onto it
How does a domain somehow prevent Cybersquatting
Following that logic
Since we have police
There should be no crime
Fail