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.
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> 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.
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> --MM
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> *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
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>
> Hi everyone
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>
> 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.
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> We only have 5 days (17 August is the deadline).
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> So what is the public comment about?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Here is the doc.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ynHrEmG2l1_Zas6093VsPIKK
> EVqn_SMU-nkgQwcY7wQ/edit?usp=sharing
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> Best
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> --
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> Farzaneh
>