Originally Posted by Terry

new.net is already selling them and icann will soon allow for them by the looks of at.. which means there will be doubles .. yes 2 adult.com's for example. One registered with new.net and one through an icann registry. New.net is trying apparently trying hard to make their domains be the official ones by having them added to icann.
I took this from the new.net site:

9. What will happen if ICANN releases a domain name extension that is identical to a New.net domain name?
We are working very hard to achieve universal resolvability of New.net domain names through a combination of ISP relationships and plug-in downloads. At the same time, we are reaching out to ICANN and its supporters to get them to understand the viability of our names and our approach and to get ICANN to add our names to the "root" servers that they operate. Should ICANN decide to introduce a domain name extension in conflict with one of our extensions and assign it to another registry, they will in fact introduce a "collision" in the name space, something they have professed wanting to avoid. If that were to happen, individual consumers and ISPs would have to choose between the ICANN version and the New.net version of the name. It is our intention to demonstrate a massive market acceptance of our names that will prevent such collisions from being introduced.

So it can go 2 ways... imagine having to choose???!!!

174,661,619 New.net enabled Internet users worldwide*

* New.net domain names are accessible by persons that use one of our partner ISPs to access the Internet or who activate their browsers. This number is limited now, but growing daily.

Uhhh thats a lot of surfers to lose!!!