About Us

Music.us will be launching the .MUSIC generic top-level domain (gTLD) name extension. The community-focused bid, led by founder Constantine George Roussos and COO Tina Dam, will be given for approval to ICANN, the governing body that oversees the Internet. By taking a "bottom-up" and transparent approach, the Music.us initiative for .MUSIC will be a multi-stakeholder top-level domain, involving music stakeholders from across the world, including participation of .MUSIC Community Member Organizations (CMO)™, irrespective of size or financial strength.

Music.us has been developing the .MUSIC next generation ecosystem platform since 2005, and has been lobbying ICANN for the launch of the .MUSIC extension, including sponsoring the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The .MUSIC top-level domain (TLD) initiative is composed of members that include musicians, bands, artists, producers, engineers, managers, record labels, publishers, promoters, performance rights organizations, government music export offices & arts councils, industry associations, non-profit organizations, music societies, broadcasters, DJs, podcasters, studios, retailers, music conferences & expos, digital aggregators, digital stores, instrument & music software manufacturers, distributors, educational universities & institutions, music educators, researchers, music consultants, researchers, music lawyers, journalists, writers, music community websites and other music industry professionals.

By taking into consideration feedback from different constituents from the global music industry and employing the “bottom-up” policy-making approach, the .MUSIC initiative will ensure that all music stakeholders have a voice in the development and launch process of the .music top-level domain extension.

The .MUSIC governance structure will encompass a multi-stakeholder, rotating board, with fair and equal representation with transparency of different interests within the music industry, non-commercial constituents and .MUSIC registrants. Members of the governance board will be appointed by a nominating committee, which invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Music and Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill .MUSIC's technical and policy co-ordination role.

The .MUSIC backend registry exceeds all applicable ICANN technical standards and requirements. The .MUSIC Domain Name System (DNS) is massively provisioned and utilizes a highly sophisticated DNS architecture. Stability, security and reliability is of utmost significance to the music industry and .MUSIC will ensure that intellectual property rights and data is protected by incorporating protective policies that surpass ICANN standard registry requirements, including vaidation of .MUSIC registrants and global participation of .MUSIC-accredited Community Member Organizations (CMOs)™.

.MUSIC will contribute proceeds from its domain name registrations to select not-for-profit organizations that support its music community mission, core values and 5 music initiatives to fight music piracy & protect intellectual property (IP) trademarks, support music education and musician's welfare, promote music and cultural diversity as well as foster innovation in both the music and Internet space.

.MUSIC is a proud member of A2IM and NARM. The company has presence in the European Union (Cyprus Company) and the United States (California Company). It is a member of the New TLD (Top-Level Domain) Name & IDN Consulting Services Company [MyTLD.com] and is privately financed by Roussos Group's CGR with headquarters in Lemesos, Cyprus and offices in Los Angeles, CA. Lommen Abdo is the legal counsel firm representing .MUSIC.

Leadership Team

Constantine Roussos

Tina Dam

Robert Singerman

Ken Abdo

Bob Donnelly

John Simson

 

Why Us?

The Constantine Roussos and Tina Dam leadership team offer the Music Community an unparalleled opportunity to differentiate itself and create a sustainable, competitive advantage under the .MUSIC TLD. By incorporating policies that match Music Industry needs, the .MUSIC TLD will assure music constituents that only legitimate music entities can be .MUSIC domain registrants and that any malicious conduct is outlawed from the .MUSIC ecosystem.

This ensures that that monies and proprietary information flow securely to the Music Industry and not illegal pirates. By protecting copyrights, leveraging a trusted verified network, and ensuring a safe, responsible and successful launch, the MyTLD team will propel the Music Industry in the new digital age with TLD Innovation that will expand the pie and create a new host of benefits to all stakeholders of the music community that will make a difference that truly matter.

MyTLD is an expert Top-Level Domain (TLD) Management and Consulting Services team that is a specialist in launching and managing new gTLDs. It is the only new TLD management team of its kind, with not only 12 years of hands-on ICANN executive experience, but also a track history of successful TLD launches as well as the most successful pre-launch community-based TLD in the .MUSIC Initiative.

The .MUSIC Initiative led by the MyTLD team has received more community participation than all existing and pre-existing TLDs combined. Our social media campaigns have led to over 5 million supporters across all our social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace) as well as amassed over 1.5 million emails supporting the .MUSIC Initiative. Not only has the .MUSIC Initiative been the most successful pre-launch TLD to date on the Internet, the Initiative has received the most media mentions, including most major publications. Our community-based TLD policies to benefit the Music Industry have also been mentioned in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, World Trademark Review, Forbes and Billboard Magazine, a first for any TLD applicant.

Furthermore, MyTLD is the only new trusted TLD management team that currently consults as advisor to ICANN. .MUSIC has unparalleled experience in regards to ICANN policy-making and launching Top-Level Domains, including Internationalized Domain Names. .MUSIC has participated at ICANN extensively over the last decade and has been active proponents to several monumental ICANN resolutions, such as vertical integration between registries and registrars to increase competition and innovation in the domain space and Internet.

MyTLD’s diverse team balances a blend of strategy, ICANN know-how, technical aptitude, Search Engine and Social Media adeptness, TLD expertise and creative thinking with a proven track record of implementation, execution and innovation, not only rhetoric and promises.

Our value-added proposition is our team’s collective in-depth knowledge, ICANN relationships and ability to execute with great efficiency, bringing not only technological innovation, but also a host of benefits and new opportunities to the Music Community to expand its bottom line, brand equity as well as to sustain a leadership position as recognized market innovators.

Not only does .MUSIC have an extensive track-record for launching top-level domains, .MUSIC has expert knowledge in Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Optimization. From earning top positions for highly competitive terms such as "music" in the Google or Bing search results to creating the most popular social profiles, .MUSIC has a proven track record of success by delivering results where it matters in a socially responsible way.

.MUSIC includes industry professionals and musicians, with deep knowledge and hands-on experience of the current digital music space. Changes in today's music landscape driven by technological innovation require cutting-edge understanding on how the music community can not only adapt to change but also adopt .MUSIC as an Industry Standard and benefit from it.

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change" [Charles Darwin]

.MUSIC brings together professionals who excel and are leaders in their corresponding field, whether it is related to the art of music, the music industry, ICANN policy-making, launching top-level domains, or executing strategy. Delivering results, creating value and making a difference that matters is the primary driver behind .MUSIC.