the open root server confederation provides alternative (not illegal, dear bloody chip editors) top-level domains like .auto, .bahn, .buch, .cube, .doc, .edv, .gbr, .immo, .inmode, .intern, .iss, .jur, .kid, .lab,.log, .mode, .musik, .nat, .oeko and .pharma (found via mediensalat.net where hell's-a-poppin' at the moment...).