[NCSG-PC] [urgent] Re: Review on the draft Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains

[farzaneh badii]

Hi All

I know we are all overburdened with a lot of work and I thank whoever
drafted this document. But I think this comment needs further improvement.
We are not really addressing the issues that the report is asking for.
I pasted the questions. I am sorry I am of no help, I really don't have the
time to read carefully but here are my observations:
1. I think something pertinent to question 3 and 4 (and I might be wrong)
is that if they want to again delegate the name of the countries in IDN to
the cctld managers, these managers should not be allowed to use UDRP
service providers such as WIPO.  (I don't know how far they go, do they
delegate  similar names of countries and territories -overreach alert- or
exact names? I could not figure out)
Why am I against that? Because even in non IDN ccTLDs we see trademark
overreach. Amazon has claimed so many domain names that have had
similarities to Amazon in ccTLDs that Amazon did not even have any business
at!!! Rest assured that this is going to happen to IDNs as well. Note that
processes such as WIPO are most of the time only in English.
If we are defenders of diversity I think this is where we should act!

Anyhow. I might be wrong. As I said it was a cursory review and general
knowledge.If we cannot elaborate on the questions below, then I think we
should not submit the comment in its current state.

Questions that were asked:


   1. *The rationale for the RZ-LGR requires strictly adhering to the IDN
   variant label sets defined by the community through the RZ-LGR. Is this a
   reasonable pre-requisite for implementing IDN Variant TLDs?*
   2. *Do the proposed recommendations appropriately address the management
   and implementation of the IDN Variant TLDs?*
      1. *Do any suggested recommendations need to be changed? Why?*
      2. *Are any additional recommendations needed?*
   3. *Does the analysis suitably cover the impact of the recommendations
   on existing procedures for IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs? Is there alternate
   analysis for certain cases? Are there any additional impacts on the
   procedures not identified?*
   4. *Which (if any) of the recommendations require policy consideration
   by GNSO and ccNSO, whereas the remaining would only have an impact on
   procedures?*
   5. *To prevent the permutation issue which can be introduced by using
   variant labels, as identified by SSAC, how may the allocated IDN
   Variant TLD labels be limited? Are the mechanisms suggested in Appendix C
   appropriate? What other factors may also be relevant?*
   6. *Are the risks and their mitigation measures sufficiently
   comprehensive? Are there any additional risks? Should there be different or
   additional mitigation measures?*

Farzaneh


On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:08 PM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> the deadline passed but it is possible to submit. please chime in
> the draft comment is quite short.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> Le lun. 17 sept. 2018 à 22:06, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> please review the draft statement, the deadline for submission is today.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> Le sam. 15 sept. 2018 à 16:44, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> please review the draft comment
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IIt4o1kSwN2o0aJJ09IL1Qh49GVdlps2QLdhmpA0BI/edit.
>>> the deadline for submission is the 17th September.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> This is another public comment on the IDN for review. It is a brief
>>> comment but all new suggestions are welcome. The deadline is to the 17th of
>>> September.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IIt4o1kSwN2o0aJJ09IL1Qh49GVdlps2QLdhmpA0BI/edit
>>>
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>>>
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