[paulryanrogers]

Strange they'd lean on a country code TLD since those can go sideways for political reasons.

[codesections]

That's a good point. For .cc in particular, it's the TLD for an Australian territory and is managed by Verisign so I'd expect the risks to be lower than with some TLDs. Still, though, a lot can happen in "forever" and you're right that it adds an (unnecessary?) risk

[cortesoft]

It doesn't matter who is 'managing' it, since the owner can choose to give that management to someone else.

[jthrowsitaway]

.io is one such domain (Indian Ocean) and I won't use that domain for anything serious because of that.

[Inhibit]

True. I imagine Harvard has the necessary staff on hand to run a TLD themselves. Might make a good use for it.