Hi everyone Thanks a lot for the comments. As we received a good number of comments and support on this draft I will go ahead and submit it to PC and see if they accept to submit it as an NCSG public comment. Please comment until 12 PM UTC today then I will send it to PC. Best Farzaneh On 15 Aug 2016 1:17 a.m., "Mueller, Milton L" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *farzaneh badii > *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2016 4:06 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *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_Zas6093VsPIKK > EVqn_SMU-nkgQwcY7wQ/edit?usp=sharing > > > > Best > > > > -- > > Farzaneh >