A quote from Karen Lentz (ICANN legal staff): "Under the current rules, there's nothing that would prevent the use of closed generics, which is focused on the issue of who can register a name."
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> surprise!
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> http://www.thedomains.com/2013/02/05/icann-new-gtld-committee-not-
> sure-how-to-handle-closed-generic-applications/