Microsoft funded lobbyists under names such as FairSearch.org.

WSJ: Crovitz: Silicon Valley's 'Suicide Impulse'

They included .bet, .islam, .gay and .news as alternatives to existing generic top-level domain (gTLD) names such as .com and .org.

BBC: Icann net address endings to face government objections

After finding the number of my state's securities department, at www.nasaa.org, I called and requested a check of names through the Central Registration Depository.

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