The ad-hoc Working Group formed to allow members of the At-Large community to express concerns that they might have regarding the GNSO’s proposed recommendations for new Top Level Domains has released a draft final report. See also the GNSO report on policy for introducing new gTLDs ; questions for ICANN workshop for 29 October needed post.
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GNSO report on policy for introducing new gTLDs ; questions for ICANN workshop for 29 October needed
A followup post to the Summary of GNSO report on policy for introducing new generic Top Level Domains.
The controversy (as I see it), is the meaning that people associate with certain letter combinations. For example, if the North American Zookeeper’s Institute wanted its own top level domain and met the technical requirements for a registry gTLD, then a .nazi gTLD could be created. Hmmm…….
The list of gTLD that could offend someone based on their thoughts of morality, religious beliefs are potentially limitless. Governments which object to expression of certain ideas could also object to creation of certain gTLDs because of the ideal the gTLD gives recognition to. Some examples :
- Should a group be allowed to get a .god gTLD for example? Or .jesus gTLD? Or a .mohammed gTLD?
- What about a .casino gTLD? Lots of persons object to gambling.
- Or a .freetibet gTLD?
- Or .gay?
- Or .porn?
- Should a group outside Trinidad and Tobago create a .tnt or .trinidad gTLD?
- Should a group/country outside Trinidad and Tobago object to a local group here applying for say a .trinidad being formed? What if the word “tnt” is a racial slur in another language? What if it offends religious sensitivities in other country?
How to make this equitable to all? That’s want the policy for introducing new gTLDs is trying to do. As such, the proposed recommendations #6 and #20 re: new gTLDs are the ones generating the most controversy
- #6 : “Strings must not be contrary to generally accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order that are recognized under international principles of law.”
- #20 : “An application will be rejected if an expert panel determines that there is substantial opposition to it from a significant portion of the community to which the string may be explicitly or implicitly targeted.”
What are your thoughts on this? Read the reports on the proposed policy and edit the wiki page
at http://ttcsweb.pbwiki.com/New-gTLDs with your proposed questions for the ICANN workshop for October 29th, 2007 (edit the page by clicking on the “edit page button” ; the password is “ttcswebwiki”)If you’re willing to meet in person to debate/discuss this issue over the 20-21 October weekend, email me at admin a.t ttcsweb d,ot org. If enough persons are interested, the TTCS could arrange to meet on a Saturday or Sunday.
Relevant links :
- TTCS New-gTLD wiki page
- The summary of the report on the Introduction of new Top Level Domains (PDF ; 191K)
- The Actual Report on the Introduction of new Top Level Domains is available in two parts :
- A working group mailing list has been setup at : http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.icann.org
- NCUC/At-Large – gTLDs – Freedom of Expression meeting at ICANN San Juan 2007
- Full transcript of NCUC/At-Large gTLD – Freedom of Expression meeting at ICANN San Juan 2007.
- New Geo-TLDs – More Consumer Choice or More Consumer Confusion? at ICANN San Juan 2007
- IP Justice campaign re: gTLD at http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/icann/gtlds/
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Summary of GNSO report on policy for introducing new generic Top Level Domains
(Update 17th Oct : see new blog post which has more details)
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) has released a summary of the report on the Introduction of new top level domains for the At-Large community’s consideration and use at the GNSO’s New gTLD Workshop at the ICANN Los Angeles meeting on Monday, 29 October 2007.
This document is meant to provide a concise and easy to read summary of the key elements of the Report, and is organized to correspond with the Workshop sessions. At-Large participants (such as the TTCS) are encouraged to consider the summary, and the Report, and submit questions in advance that they would like the Workshop panelists to address on the
29th.The TTCS wiki page http://ttcsweb.pbwiki.com/New-gTLDs has more background information about gTLDs.
The summary of the report on the Introduction of new Top Level Domains :
http://ttcsweb.pbwiki.com/f/New+gtlds+nnnworkshop+document.pdf (PDF ; 191K)The Actual Report on the Introduction of new Top Level Domains is available in two parts :
Part A – http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm
Part B – http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-partb-01aug07.htm(Update : The At Large is creating a short term working group to discuss and generate comments for input into the process and transmission to the Board of ICANN. The Working Group will work via a mailing list, and interested persons can
subscribe to this list at http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-liaison_atlarge-lists.icann.orgThe timeframe for the working group is short, with a deadline of October 25th, 2007.
A suggested work plan has already been posted to the Ad-Hoc Working Group on New gTLD mailing list.)
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WHOIS Working Group draft document v1.5
Version 1.5 of the draft document from the WHOIS working group dated July 19th, 2007 can be found at http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-whois-wg/msg00507.html
See the TTCS Wiki page on WHOIS