Civil Society Statement on GAC Sub-Group's Proposal on "Geographic Names" in Top Level Domain Names

[Olévié Kouami]

+1 at Robin, Avri, Seun and Sam.

@Sam.I hope the NPOC will make his voice heard on this topic.

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-Olevie-


2014-12-30 14:49 GMT+00:00 Nicolas Adam <nickolas.adam at gmail.com>:

>  It'd be probably more useful to have a definition of nice things that a
> domain name is (that is, nice things that a domain name ought to be, but
> that we conveniently confuse with nice things that a domain name is in our
> definition) than to have a definition of the PI (although this was very
> constructive and I support the work on PI framing). This would be more
> workable than the latter also, would probably have more tooth and would be
> more difficult to oppose if well crafted (it's hard to muster a sustained
> opposition to the apple pie for example).
>
> For instance, domain names are
>
>    -
>     - an alphanumeric string with meaning
>     - endlessly creative, their meaning is non-rival (you can always come
>    up with another string that will mean the same)
>    - gateways by which Internet innovation reaches us
>     - levelers of the Internet ecosystem's field and enablers of fair
>    competition
>    - our roadmap to the open internet they are reachable and uncensorable
>    -
>
> That kind of approach would be more rights-based. I don't know if this is
> an interesting idea let alone a relevant one, but ... I have my fingers
> connected directly with my brain with no filter this morning so I'm
> throwing this out there. The definition points above are absolutely lacking
> but they convey the idea.
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> On 29/12/2014 5:25 PM, Timothe Litt wrote:
>
>
> But one of these days it would be nice to change the conversation to
> include how to create and protect the rights of non-corporate domain name
> holders.
>
>
>


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