I’ve just had a chance to review in detail the comments Farzaneh prepared.
I am really happy that she took the initiative to counter yet another attempt by governments to conduct an extra-legal land grab at name rights. Bravo, Farzaneh
we need more of this.
I have made a bunch of suggestions that I think strengthen the comments, including responding to the prior criticism Ed made. Those suggestions need to be approved
by the drafter and others can comment to agree or disagree with those comments.
--MM
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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.
Best
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Farzaneh