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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Aaron:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>NCUC (the ICANN constituency for civil
society organizations) has compiled its opinions about the new ICANN gTLD policy
at this link:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/drafts/NCUC-stmt.html">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/drafts/NCUC-stmt.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A more general list of informational resources
about the new policy is here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.keep-the-core-neutral.org/resources">http://www.keep-the-core-neutral.org/resources</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Nyangkwe Agien Aaron</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:nyangkweagien@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 23, 2008 9:27
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">governance@lists.cpsr.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] Can Internet
be Shaken up?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Dear all, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>I read this over the BBC website <a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7468855.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7468855.stm</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>and think that others can read so that we may be have a debate on the
issue.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Aaron</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>'Shake-up' for internet proposed <br>
</span></font>By Darren Waters <br>
Technology editor, BBC News website <br>
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The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the
address system are passed. <br>
<br>
The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on
so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed. <br>
<br>
If approved, it could allow companies to turn their brands into domain names
while individuals could also carve out their own corner of the net. <br>
<br>
The move could also see the launch of .xxx, after years of wrangling. <br>
<br>
Top level domains are currently limited to individual countries, such as .uk (<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>) or .it (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>), as well as to commerce,
.com, and to institutional organisations, such as .net, or .org. <br>
<br>
To get around the restrictions, some companies have used the current system to
their own ends. <br>
<br>
For example, the Polynesia island nation <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tuvalu</st1:place></st1:country-region>, has leased the use of the
.tv address to many television firms. <br>
<br>
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which acts a
sort of regulator for the net, as well as overseeing the domain name system,
has been working towards opening up net addresses for the last three years. <br>
<br>
It's a massive increase in the geography of the real estate of the
internet <br>
<br>
Dr Paul Twomey, Icann <br>
<br>
The plan would also allow for the new domain names to be internationalised, and
so could be written in scripts for Asian and Arabic languages. <br>
<br>
Dr Paul Twomey, chief executive of Icann, told BBC News that the proposals
would result in the biggest change to the way the internet worked in decades. <br>
<br>
"The impact of this will be different in different parts of the world. But
it will allow groups, communities and business to express their identities
online. <br>
<br>
"Like the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in the 19th Century, we are in the process of opening up new real estate, new
land, and people will go out and claim parts of that land and use it for
various reasons they have. <br>
<br>
"It's a massive increase in the geography of the real estate of the
internet." <br>
<br>
Arbitration process <br>
<br>
Hundreds of new domain names could be created by the end of the year, rising to
thousands in the future. <br>
<br>
Icann says any string of letters can be registered as a domain, but there will
be an independent arbitration process for people with grounds for objection. <br>
<br>
The openness of the new system could pave the way for a .xxx domain name, after
more than half a decade of wrangling between its backers and Icann. <br>
<br>
The latest attempt to launch .xxx was rejected by Icann last year on the
grounds that approval would put the agency into the position of a content
regulator. <br>
<br>
When asked about the possibility of a .xxx domain name, Dr Twomey repeated only
that the new system would be "open to anyone". <br>
<br>
The move could yet be blocked as the independent arbitration panel can reject
domains based on "morality or public order" grounds. <br>
<br>
Dr Twomey said Icann was still working through how much the application fee to
register a domain name will be, but it is expected to be at least several
thousand dollars. <br>
<br>
'Cost recovery' <br>
<br>
"We are doing this on a cost recovery basis. We've already spent $10m on
this," he said. <br>
<br>
Individuals will be able to register a domain based on their own name, or any
other string of letters, as long as they can show a "business plan and
technical capacity". <br>
<br>
While companies will be able to secure domain names based on their intellectual
property easily, some domain names could become subject to contention and a
bidding war. <br>
<br>
Dr Twomey said: "If there is a dispute, we will try and get the parties
together to work it out. But if that fails there will be an auction and the
domain will go to the highest bidder." <br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe<br>
Journalist/Outcome Mapper<br>
Special Assistant To The President<br>
Coach of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">ASAFE Camaroes Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
Football Team.<br>
ASAFE<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O.Box</st1:Street> 5213</st1:address><br>
Douala-Cameroon<br>
Tel. 237 3337 50 22<br>
Cell Phone: 237 79 95 71 97<br>
Fax. 237 3342 29 70<br>
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