Editing Generic top-level domain (section)

=== Criticism ===
Following the vote to expand gTLDs, many trade associations and large companies, led by the [[Association of National Advertisers]], formed the [[Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight]]. The coalition opposes the expansion of gTLDs, citing "its deeply flawed justification, excessive cost and harm to brand owners."<ref>{{cite news | title = Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight information page | url = http://www.ana.net/content/show/id/crido | work = Association of National Advertisers | access-date = 2011-12-14}}</ref> In a statement to the US Congress on December 9, 2011, [[National Restaurant Association]] vice president Scott DeFife stated, "Even beyond the financial toll the gTLD program will exact on millions of U.S. businesses, the Association believes that ICANN's program will confuse consumers by spreading Internet searches across hundreds or even thousands of new top-level domains."<ref>{{cite web |title=Restaurant industry registers opposition to new Internet domain name plan|url=http://www.wrahome.com/news/restaurant-industry-registers-opposition-to-new-internet-domain-name-plan/|website=Washington Restaurant Association|date=9 December 2011|access-date=14 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525163811/http://www.wrahome.com/news/restaurant-industry-registers-opposition-to-new-internet-domain-name-plan/}}</ref>

Another opponent is [[Esther Dyson]], the founding chairwoman of ICANN, who wrote that the expansion "will create jobs [for lawyers, marketers and others] but little extra value."<ref>{{cite web|last=Dyson|first=Esther|title=What's in a Domain Name?|date=August 25, 2011 |url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/dyson35/English|publisher=Project Syndicate|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>