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Dear Robin,<br>
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thanks for your mail - sorry for my late response, but still before
on the last day of the deadline. <br>
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SINCE YESTERDAY I HAVE GOOD INTERNET ACCESS IN THE REMOTE
COUNTRYSIDE AREA WHERE I LIVE SINCE EARLY 2013. A NEW SECTION OF
LIFE STARTS!!!<br>
<br>
As the person who represents the Open Institute Cambodia, I support
the joint civil society statement on the ICANN GAC proposal to
restrict domain names that contain geographic names.<br>
<br>
Many years ago, when the same issue started to be discussed, I
commented here on the many hotels named London Hotel, or Singapore
Hotel, in which I stayed at some time - in different countries: why
would they be denied to have a domain name which contains a
geographical name?<br>
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And there are lots of names here, containing geographical elements
of the country name, or of parts of the country.<br>
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Greetings,<br>
<br>
<br>
Norbert<br>
Associate<br>
Open Institute Cambodia<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/12/2014 23:28, Robin Gross wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:16B195DD-0B90-4364-AC2C-16D76F29D9EE@ipjustice.org"
type="cite">Dear Norbert,
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Happy holidays to you! Would Open Institute Cambodia be able
to sign-on to a joint civil society statement on the ICANN GAC
proposal to restrict domain names that contain geographic names?
The proposal's impact on free expression and innovation is
deeply troubling.<br>
<br>
I've attached the draft statement here and info on the proposal
and other comments are here:<br>
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href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee">https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee</a><br>
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The deadline to submit this statement is 31 December, so if you
could let me know before the 30th if Open Institute Cambodia is
able to sign-on, I'd very much appreciate it. <br>
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Let me know if you have any questions on this (and sorry for the
bad timing). <br>
<br>
Thanks much!<br>
Robin<br>
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