two letter domain names and GAC

[Mueller, Milton L]

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Subject: Re: two letter domain names and GAC

Interesting that this is generalised as "pronounce" but it seem to me that they are specific on the respective 2 letter (and 3 letters) country codes, and one may argue that there seem to be a logic to that regard.

Seun. Really. Has it occurred to you that some country codes are the same as pronouns? Like [it] for example? Or the same as other simple words, like [be]?

We have been debating this issue for two decades now. We should know how to handle it. Some names have legitimate concurrent uses. It’s time to resist greedy claims based on discredited rationales. No party – be it governments, trademark holders, intergovernmental organizations, or anyone else – can claim ownership of generic terms, initials, and pronouns in the ENTIRE domain name space simply because the letters happen to correspond to an identifier they have used in another context.

NCUC’s position on this is, and should be, clear to all: we oppose unjustified land grabs in the domain name space, so that end users and noncommercial users have a legitimate chance (not a guarantee) to use names they want.

There is a clear way to resolve these concurrent use conflicts, and it is through ex post (not ex ante) adjudication of whether the similarity is exploited to confuse or defraud people. The idea that anyone who uses the string [it] in the second or third level of a domain name space is undermining the rights of Italy as a country is just so plainly silly to me that I wonder whether anyone here actually wants to defend it. Any takers?

Dr. Milton L. Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology




Will be interesting to see how it goes.

Regards

On Jun 30, 2017 2:35 PM, "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com<mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> wrote:
All,


I wrote about two-letter domain names around a year ago http://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/26/another-government-land-grab-in-the-name-space/

 It seems like some in GAC do not back off on this issue and now I found out that there will be a task force on this issue  according to GAC communique.

1. 2-Character Country Codes at the Second Level With respect to the 2-Character Country Codes at the Second Level GAC Copenhagen Communiqué Advice (para VI.4), the GAC;
a) welcomes and appreciates the decision made by ICANN Board directing the President and CEO of ICANN or his designee(s) to take necessary actions for satisfactory resolution of the concerns raised in that Advice;

and b) welcomes the announcement made by the President and CEO of ICANN of his intention to create a task force to resolve the concerns mentioned in the above communiqué. In this regard the GAC proposes that the mandate and working methods of the above mentioned Task Force be determined in consultation with GAC leadership and GAC members, and other interested parties.

We have to be on this task force. There is no legitimate reason for governments to claim ownership over pronouns and other generic two letter domain names. Do I need permission from Italy to register it.sucks? Also I am uneasy that they created a task force which relates to generic names (pronouns, remember) and GNSO is not even mentioned.



Best



Farzaneh
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