.MUSIC (dotMusic) - More than just a Great Sounding Web Address

The music industry has shifted from a physical to a digital world. The Internet has become the first truly global distribution channel for all musicians by providing them with the opportunity to connect with fans, new audiences and exciting business prospects.

.MUSIC is the exclusive domain name that represents the global music community, giving music entities a unique identity online. The specialized .MUSIC web address enhances a brand's visibility online and ensures that .MUSIC websites are associated with a memorable, self-explanatory and trusted badge representing the music industry.

.MUSIC paves the way for the next-generation of the Internet, by building a home to everything related to music. Since 2005, under the slogan “We Are Music,” .MUSIC has embarked upon an extensive communication outreach campaign to launch the .MUSIC domain name and initiative. The .MUSIC initiative’s mission is focused on:

* Music education and the study of music in school curriculum;
* Fighting piracy and protecting the intellectual capital of music;
* Musicians' welfare, rights & fair compensation;
* Enriching society with artistic and cultural diversity; and
* Innovation in both the music and Internet space

Join musicians, bands, industry professionals, music companies, trade organizations & millions of supporters of the .MUSIC initiative to help the music community. Sign the petition:

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The .music (DOT MUSIC) domain name extension Initiative has received 1,500,000+ signatures from the at-large music community and fans for gathering support for ICANN, the governing body of the Internet, to release the .music generic top-level-domain (gTLD / TLD), making it one of the largest petitions ever assembled. The public support petition will accompany the Music.us request for the .MUSIC web site URL web address address suffix to ICANN. The .MUSIC initiative has gathered a significant following online. Our Myspace .MUSIC page is now the most popular Myspace profile with 4,300,000 friends. Our Twitter .MUSIC, Facebook .MUSIC and other social media profiles also account to over 500,000 followers or fans.

The projected launch date is 2011.

What are examples of .MUSIC web addresses?

Artist: MichaelJackson.music, Madonna.music, Eminem.music
Band: U2.music, Radiohead.music, MGMT.music, Beatles.music
Indie Band: ShaynaZaid.music, TheXX.music, ArcadeFire.music
Musician: JimmyPage.music, LarsUlrich.music, Flea.music, Slash.music
Composer: DianeWarren.music, DesmondChild.music, BobDylan.music
Manager: PaulMcGuinness.music, IrvingAzoff.music, DocMcGhee.music
Producer: QuincyJones.music, DrDre.music, BrendanOBrien.music
Engineer: AndyWallace.music, GeoffEmerick.music, EddieKramer.music
Promoter: BillGraham.music, PhilipAnschutz.music, ChuckMorris.music
Industry Pro: JimmyIovine.music, TedCohen.music, BobLefsetz.music
Company: Universal.music, Myspace.music, Ticketmaster.music
Org./Association: ASCAP.music, RIAA.music, Grammy.music
Venue: RadioCityHall.music, KeyClub.music, HollywoodBowl.music
Radio: KROQ.music, Pandora.music, BBC.music, Sirius.music, XM.music
Studio: AbbeyRoad.music, RecordPlant.music, CapitolStudios.music
Song: BohemianRhapsody.Queen.music, PokerFace.LadyGaga.music
Album: Nevermind.Nirvana.music, BackInBlack.ACDC.music
Genre: Rock.music, HipHop.music, Country.music, Pop.music
Geographic: Japan.music, Texas.music, London.music, Africa.music
Cultural: Greek.music, French.music, Arabic.music, Bollywood.music
Education: Juilliard.music, MENC.music, Berklee.music, MI.music
Mood: Love.music, Sad.music, Aggressive.music, Happy.music
Instrument: Guitar.music, Drum.music, Piano.music, Bass.music
Keyword: Download.music, Buy.music, License.music, Lyrics.music

Events & Conferences: *
ICANN (Cairo, Egypt): 2-7 November, 2008
Midem (Cannes, France): 18-21 January, 2009
ICANN (Mexico City, Mexico): 1-6 March, 2009
SXSW (Austin, USA): 18-22 March, 2009
Leadership Music Digital Summit (Nashville, USA): 23-25 March, 2009
Musexpo (Hollywood/Los Angeles, USA): 26-29 April, 2009
Harvard Business School (Cambridge/Boston, USA): May 2009
ICANN (Sydney, Australia): 21-26 June, 2009
Digital Music Forum West (Hollywood/Los Angeles, USA): 7-8 October, 2009
Digital Hollywood (Santa Monica, USA): 19-22 October, 2009
ICANN (Seoul, South Korea): 25-30 October, 2009 [SPONSOR]
San Francisco Music Tech (San Francisco, USA): 7 December, 2009 [SPONSOR]
Mashable (New York, USA): 17 December, 2009
CES (Las Vegas, USA): 7-10 January, 2010
ICANN Studienkreis (Barcelona, Spain): 21-22 January, 2010
Midem (Cannes, France), 23-27 January, 2010
Social Media Week (New York, USA), 1-5 February, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Harvard Business School (Cambridge/Boston, USA), February, 2010
ICANN (Nairobi, Kenya), 7-12 March, 2010
SXSW (Austin, USA): 17-21 March, 2010
ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo (Los Angeles, USA): 22-24 April, 2010
Musexpo (Hollywood/Los Angeles, USA): 25-28 April, 2010
Digital Hollywood (Los Angeles, USA): 3-6 May, 2010
San Francisco Music Tech (San Francisco, USA): 17 May, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Soundctrl Internet Week (New York, USA): 10 June, 2010 [SPONSOR]
ICANN (Brussels, Belgium): 20-25, June, 2010 [SPONSOR]
New Music Seminar (New York, USA): 19-21, July, 2010
North Music Park Thing (San Diego, USA): 13-14, August, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Bandwidth Conference (San Francisco, USA): 19-20, August, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Popkomm (Berlin, Germany): 8-10, September, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Next Big Nashville & Leadership Music Summit: Sep 29-Oct 2, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Future of Music Policy Summit (Washington DC, USA): 3-5, October, 2010
Digital Music Forum West (Los Angeles, USA): 6-7, October, 2010
CMJ Music Marathon (New York, USA): 19-23, October, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Billboard (Los Angeles, USA): 27-28, October, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Miami Music Festival (Miami, USA): 12-14, November, 2010 [SPONSOR]
San Francisco Music Tech (San Francisco, USA): 6, December, 2010 [SPONSOR]
ICANN Meeting (Cartagena, Colombia): 5-10, December, 2010 [SPONSOR]
Midem (Cannes, France): 22-26, January, 2011
New Music Seminar (Los Angeles, USA): 14-16, February, 2011
Canadian Music Week (Toronto, Canada): 9-13, March, 2011
SXSW (Austin, USA): 11-20, March, 2011
ASCAP Expo (Los Angeles, USA): 28-30, March, 2011
Musexpo (Los Angeles, USA): 1-4, May, 2011
NARM (Los Angeles, USA): 9-12, May, 2011

* More conference/event schedules to be announced.

 

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