Hi All.
I haven't posted in such a long time! I hope everyone's ok.
I'm a little unclear about some aspects of domain names and wondered if anyone could provide any advice.
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/about-e5-2012-02-25-enAccording to the ICANN website,
'The responsibility for operating each gTLD (including maintaining a registry of the domain names within the gTLD) is delegated to a particular organization. These organizations are referred to as "registry operators" or "sponsors." Currently, the following gTLDs are operated under contract with ICANN: .aero, .biz, .cat, .com, .coop, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .net, .org, .pro, and .travel.'
Firstly, is the delegated organisation referred to above, the company that comes up with the gTLD and submits an application for it to be accepted? Say for example I come up with the gTLD .poasters and submit an application to ICANN, would I then be the 'owner' of that gTLD? If so, what would happen if me/my company ceased existing, etc? How would that affect customers who have registered that domain name, for example, whoever registered forum.poasters?
Do ccTLD names, such as .com or .co.uk, work in exactly the same way (apart from restrictions such as only persons belonging to that country may use them)?
The above brings me onto my next question, which requires an answer from someone who knows about politics, haha! If a ccTLD name can only be registered by a user residing in that country/region, what would happen if the country/region stopped being part of that country/region? For example if a customer resides in the UK and has registered a ccTLD that requires them to reside in an 'EU member state', eg. Italy, what would happen if the UK stopped being an 'EU member state' in future? Would the customer have to change their email/website address?
Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.