The .music generic Top Level Domain (gLTD) is likely to become a much sought after URL extension in the music industry with artists, labels and other players able to replace the .com or .co.uk of their web address, for example, with something much more relevant and potentially more secure.

The first organisation to stake a claim on the registry service role is Constantine Roussos' .MUSIC (or DotMusic), having put in a formal application to ICANN.

Music Week, however, expects competition ...