[caption id="attachment_5535" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Generic Top-Level Domains: Ottawa is a bright green dot at top left"][/caption] I say London, you think England? Or did Ontario come to mind? The duplication of town names around the world is endless. One town may be the original "Kingston" but does that mean it has exclusive claim to marketing rights? What about all the other Kingstons? This dilemma has been mute until now because commercials and brochures promoting a town could easily append a logo or country name to distinguish themselves. Now this Right to the Name debate is heating up with news from ICANN (the body regulating the internet) that within a year or two they'll sanction the creation of new top-level domains for cities. Instead of more ".coms" you'll be seeing .nyc, .paris, and most definitely .berlin. I want to explain what dotCities are, their supposed utility, how I dragged Ottawa into them mix and why I've since changed my position.