Excellent moment Farzi full support to get this submitted from me.



From: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of farzaneh badii <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Reply-To: farzaneh badii <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Date: Friday 12 August 2016 at 21:05

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Subject: Public comments on country codes and second level top level domains



Hi everyone



I have drafted yet another late public comment. It is a rough draft but I am sending it to get enough feedback. It is a complex matter and we might not have enough time to submit to PC.



We only have 5 days (17 August is the deadline).



So what is the public comment about?



In a nutshell, at the moment if you want to register  the domain name [in.love] you have to first request the government of India for approval because their country code is ".IN". This has resulted in a bunch of "reserved" domain names.



In this public comment, we need to say  whether we approve of the criteria that  ICANN has come up with  to avoid confusion between generic two letter domain names and corresponding country codes.



I think criterion number 1 is a disaster and  it is drafted in a way that entitles all the governments and cctld operators (which are sometimes businesses) to two letter second level domain in new gtlds,  for no good  reason.  You might not agree with me or think that I have gotten something wrong. please let me know.



If this draft is not too bad and we get enough comments on it, we can submit it to NCSG PC. If not I will submit it myself and name whoever endorses it.



Here is the doc.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ynHrEmG2l1_Zas6093VsPIKKEVqn_SMU-nkgQwcY7wQ/edit?usp=sharing



Best



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Farzaneh