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<p dir="ltr">Thanks a lot for the comments. As we received a good number of comments and support on this draft I will go ahead and submit it to PC and see if they accept to submit it as an NCSG public comment. Please comment until 12 PM UTC today then I will send it to PC.</p><p>Best </p><p><br></p><p>Farzaneh</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 Aug 2016 1:17 a.m., "Mueller, Milton L" <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I am really happy that she took the initiative to counter yet another attempt by governments to conduct an extra-legal land grab at name rights. Bravo, Farzaneh
we need more of this. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I have made a bunch of suggestions that I think strengthen the comments, including responding to the prior criticism Ed made. Those suggestions need to be approved
by the drafter and others can comment to agree or disagree with those comments. <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.<wbr>SYR.EDU</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 12, 2016 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Public comments on country codes and second level top level domains<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have drafted yet another late public comment. It is a rough draft but I am sending it to get enough feedback. It is a complex matter and we might not have enough time to submit to PC.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We only have 5 days (17 August is the deadline). <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So what is the public comment about? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a nutshell, at the moment if you want to register the domain name [in.love] you have to first request the government of India for approval because their country code is ".IN". This has resulted in a bunch of "reserved" domain names. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In this public comment, we need to say whether we approve of the criteria that ICANN has come up with to avoid confusion between generic two letter domain names and corresponding country codes. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think criterion number 1 is a disaster and it is drafted in a way that entitles all the governments and cctld operators (which are sometimes businesses) to two letter second level domain in new gtlds, for no good reason. You might
not agree with me or think that I have gotten something wrong. please let me know.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If this draft is not too bad and we get enough comments on it, we can submit it to NCSG PC. If not I will submit it myself and name whoever endorses it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the doc. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ynHrEmG2l1_Zas6093VsPIKKEVqn_SMU-nkgQwcY7wQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/docume<wbr>nt/d/1ynHrEmG2l1_Zas6093VsPIKK<wbr>EVqn_SMU-nkgQwcY7wQ/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best <br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Farzaneh<u></u><u></u></p>
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