A quote from Karen Lentz (ICANN legal staff): "Under the current rules, there's nothing that would prevent the use of closed generics, which is focused on the issue of who can register a name." > -----Original Message----- > From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of William Drake > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] new-gtld-committee-not-sure-how-to-handle- > closed-generic-applications > > surprise! > > http://www.thedomains.com/2013/02/05/icann-new-gtld-committee-not- > sure-how-to-handle-closed-generic-applications/