<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Milton, Bill & All,</span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">from the perspective of a citizen of an EU Member State, and someone who represented his country in a European organization in Brussels, I would like to underline a few points:</span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">1) While some see the domain name system merely as a tool for business, in Europe the DNS is also viewed as an identity marker, something like a passport or a flag. It’s worth remembering that .eu was set up « to contribute effectively to the Digital Single Market by encouraging and investing in secure and reliable e-commerce AND BUILD A STRONG DIGITAL IDENTITY FOR PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE EU » (my emphasis).</span></font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">2) This European perspective is underlined in Stéphane Van Gelder’s very interesting « Dot EU, the first decade »: « ICANN's</span></font><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">apparent inability to understand the politics of a situation as sensitive as language, culture and scripts may leave lasting damage » (page 198). In my view, what Stéphane says of ICANN applies more widely to the business community, especially in North America, and perhaps to a lesser degree in the UK (while it is still a member of the EU). And thank you Bill for reminding us of Stéphane’s book.</span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">3) There is also an elephant in the room: concerned citizens in the EU see that domain names have been dealt with like prime real estate, the modern equivalent of a massive land grab. And whatever business logic there may be behind the allocation of common names to companies for their benefit, people are appalled to see that the names of commonplace objects, resources, living organisms and common concepts are increasingly being sanctuarized by and for business. What place does that leave for the common good, the common weal, those things and notions which we can consider as humanity’s joint inheritance?</span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Best regards,</span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Jean-Jacques.</span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="serif"><span style="font-size: 17.33329963684082px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="left: 185.964px; top: 530.43px; transform: scaleX(0.991159);"><font face="serif"><span style="font-size: 17.33329963684082px;">- - - - - - - - - -</span></font></div> <br><p class="airmail_on">Le 18 juin 2017 à 10:14:01, William Drake (<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>) a écrit:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div></div><div>
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<div class="">Anyone interested in the thinking behind this could
have a look at Stephane Van Gelder’s book, Dot EU – The first
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<div class=""><a href="https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/d3/85/d38538c1-dac5-4e28-a779-cc31b8259697/boek_dot_eu_v05.pdf" class="">https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/d3/85/d38538c1-dac5-4e28-a779-cc31b8259697/boek_dot_eu_v05.pdf</a></div>
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<div class="">On Jun 17, 2017, at 23:44, Mueller, Milton L
<<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" class="">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Obviously people in the EU region should take the lead on
this. But I would encourage NCSG members to critically examine the
restrictive eligibility requirements. In a way that is
unfortunately all too typical of Europe, the rules have
contradictory goals: they want to encourage a EU-wide identity
online but I get the impression they also want to protect existing
ccTLDs from competition by restricting the ability of individuals
to register .EU names. The idea that they would only loosen those
rules for “underserved markets” strikes me as laughable. Why not
just allow anyone to have a .EU name?</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">--MM</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NCSG-Discuss
[<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf
Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ayden
Férdeline<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, June 12, 2017 1:17
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<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Public consultation on the
evaluation and revision of the .eu top-level domain
regulations</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The European Commission has launched a public consultation
on the .eu top-level domain. Is this something that the NCSG should
be commenting on? I have pasted below what the EU has identified as
its objectives for this consultation.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline</div>
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<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">The
purpose of this consultation is to collect views on the performance
of the Regulations that are governing the .eu top-level
domain.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">The .eu
domain is the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for the
European Union. Initiated by the Commission, it was formally
established by Regulation 733/2002 of 22 April 2002 (as amended).
The EC Regulation 874/2004 set the rules for the registry and the
.eu. The .eu TLD was delegated by ICANN (Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers) in 2005.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">The main
aim of the .eu (and .ею in Cyrillic script - hereafter ‘.eu’) is to
contribute effectively to the Digital Single Market by encouraging
and increasing secure and reliable e-commerce and build a strong
digital identity for people and organisations in the European
Union.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">The .eu
TLD ranks among the largest top-level domains. It is operated by
EURid, a Belgian not-for-profit organisation, upon appointment of
the European Commission. Therefore EURid is the current .eu
registry. The .eu domain names can be registered through a network
of approximately 700 companies, called "accredited
registrars".</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">Over a
decade after their entry into force, the .eu Regulations should be
reviewed to take into account the developments and challenges of
the current domain name industry and to become more flexible and
future-proof. The Commission's 2017 Work Programme provides that
the revision of the eu. Regulations fall under the Regulatory
Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) and that it should be
preceded by an evaluation to assess whether the current regulatory
framework is fit-for-purpose.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span class="font"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: inherit, serif;" class="">On the
basis of the findings, the Commission will define policy options to
be pursued with the review the .eu Regulations. Examples of areas
for which future options may be developed are:</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">facilitate operational
management (e.g. the introduction of a much easier process for
reserving .eu domain names for the European Institutions and
Member/Candidate Countries);</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; box-sizing: border-box;">
<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">update the Regulations in
view of changed market circumstances. That might entail the
introduction of a possibility for the .eu registry to sell directly
to end-users in currently underserved markets where end-users have
difficulties in finding a local domain name provider;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; box-sizing: border-box;">
<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">ensure the rules are
future-proof, and allow the .eu TLD registry to introduce new
services, if appropriate, that complement the management of the .eu
TLD and its variants in other scripts (without having to amend the
Regulations each time to do so);</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; box-sizing: border-box;">
<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">promote EU priorities in
Internet Governance, possibly by including provisions which would
explicitly orient the .eu Registry's activities to that
direction;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; box-sizing: border-box;">
<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">enhance the use of .eu as
an online European identity. This might include among others
consideration on changing the eligibility criteria for
end-users.</span></li>
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