+1000! my point exactly; If ICANN is attempting to perform such policing,
then we'd better get them off that path soon enough.

Cheers!

sent from Google nexus 4
kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 27 Mar 2015 12:44, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <
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> Hi Carlos.
>
> Here is a good calculation:
>
> we have thousands of languages in around 150 different scripts using
> different characters. All the characters (formed to words and combined with
> numbers) in the various scripts can constitute a domain name on the first,
> second or third level.
>
> If you take the number of Latin languages which can be related to the
> ASCII code, you have nearly 150 languages using the Latin script. In the
> German language alone we have around 500.000 words in our main dictonary.
> This brings us to about 50 Million words with Latin charaters which can be
> used as TLDs or SLDs etc. If you combine words (.greathyperinflation), you
> end up with hundreds of millions of potential TLDs and SLDs in ASCII only.
> Is there any way to police the use of words? And this would be ASCII only.
> What about the Hangu, Tamil or Hebrew language police?
>
> I see the dilemma with cases we have discussed as controversies sofar both
> on the TLD and the SLD Level (.xxx, .Amazon, .jihad). Some cases have been
> settled via courts or the UDRP. Wer have to test the new resolution
> mechanisms under the new gTLD program. We have to find ways how to rach
> rough consensus on names which have different meaning (and value) in
> different cultures. If there is good will, one can settle individual cases.
> If you have no good will, you can fight for words for centuries. Or you can
> introduce a language police which tells the four billion Internet users
> that it is not allowed that you use .anything in a domain name. And if you
> ignore it, than you have to spend years in a cyberjail (under California
> Law in Guantanamo)!!!
>
> see:
> http://www.omniglot.com/writing/langalph.htm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_writing_system
>
> Best wishes
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Carlos Afonso
> Gesendet: Do 26.03.2015 18:00
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [ PFIR ]  Harvard registers harvard.porn
>
> A terrible result of a new gTLDs' policy devoid of anti-extortion
> clauses. Hundreds of new gTLDs whose business model is based on $$$
> gained with almost forceful preemptive registration... All in name of a
> neoliberal credo defending no restrictions for new domains. And we
> (NCSG/NCUC) have been mute on this.
>
> Aren't the victims of this extortion a case for our human rights advocacy?
>
> --c.a.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [ PFIR ]  Harvard registers harvard.porn
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:55:42 -0700
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>
> Harvard registers harvard.porn
>
>
> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/25/harvard-moves-protect-its-name-reserving-harvard-porn-domain/Ee7P8m1zS9dDMGg69FakXL/story.html
>
>       In an effort to keep outsiders from corrupting their trademarks, area
>       colleges are snapping up controversial domain names like ".porn" and
>       ".adult" before they are available to the public for purchase this
>       summer.
>
>   - - -
>
> And what are they going to do about harvard-porn.com and
> harvardporn.com and harvardporn.org and harvard-porn.org and ...
>
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