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<p>CcTLDs are autonomous and in some cases at least under the
administration of government departments in various countries.
Proposals that they submit to icann governance and icann notions of
public interest will be interesting <br>
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--srs (htc one x)<br>
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<p>On 5 March 2013 5:05:19 PM Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk@yahoo.com> wrote:</p>
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</font><span style='color: black; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";'>Dear Alejandro,</span></div><div><font
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</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">>ICANN takes care of
a number of public-interest issues (e.g. registry and registrar contract
compliance, usually in benefit of the registrant and final user) *within its
restricted mission*. ICANN management has also introduced criteria for new-gTLD
contestants to make a statement in favor of compliance with public interest
and, guess what, some companies have refused, and make it look like the
community is in protest through known speakers and writers.</span><span
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</font></div><div><span style='color: black; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";'>You are right
that ICANN is taking care for of number of public-interest issues, but the
criterion of objection is limited; ICANN commitment for compliance
is further
limited as the resolutions and arbitration functions are delegated to third
parties.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style='color:
black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";'>With reference to Registry
& Registrar Contract Agreement, there
are many ccTLD who have agreement with ICANN but some of them not. ICANN has no
performance monitoring controls. Those ccTLDs are not bound to follow ICANN’s
Policies. In some examples, ccTLD registry operations are being managed
from separate
country while the Registry is incorporation in any third country. ICANN
policies
does not support public interest over
here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><br>Regards</div><div> </div><div>Imran Ahmed
Shah</div><div> </div><div><blockquote
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class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
Baruch <apisan@unam.mx><br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
"governance@lists.igcaucus.org" <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>;
Guru गुरु <Guru@ITforChange.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 10:41<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] who owns the new gTLDs?<br> </font> </div> <br>Gurmurty, (no, I won't call you Guru, sorry),<br><br>ICANN takes care of a number of public-interest issues (e.g. registry and registrar contract compliance, usually in benefit of the registrant and final user) *within its restricted mission*. ICANN management has also introduced criteria for new-gTLD contestants to make a statement in favor of compliance with public interest and, guess what, some companies have refused, and make it look like the community is in protest through known speakers and writers.<br><br>Not so long ago, controversies were based on the perception that ICANN engaged in "mission
creep", a colorful analogy based on materials science that refers to expansion of activities beyond the mandated mission. Is it now going to go in the opposite direction? <br><br>If
taxation is a concern what is the idea here? (trying to get something
concrete though my hopes are low): that ICANN should mandate
corporations what to do with their tax-paying behavior? That ICANN not
allow business - say for example domain name registration in gTLD and
ccTLD registries through accredited registrars - unless they are paying
taxes the way someone (not the tax authority in the companies'
countries of incorporation) likes? <br><br>Do you have a workable
alternative consistent with the often-made claim that ICANN stick
strictly to its technical coordination mission?<br><br>Alejandro
Pisanty<br><br><br>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-<br> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty<br>Facultad de Química
UNAM<br>Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF
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target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/</a><br>. . .
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en nombre de Guru गुरु [<a href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net"
ymailto="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net">Guru@ITforChange.net</a>]<br>Enviado
el: lunes, 04 de marzo de 2013 23:27<br>Hasta: <a
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>Asunto:
Re: [governance] who owns the new gTLDs?<br><br>On 03/05/2013 03:39 AM,
McTim wrote:<br>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Dominique Lacroix
<<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu"
ymailto="mailto:dl@panamo.eu">dl@panamo.eu</a>> wrote:<br>>>
Le 04/03/13 22:31, McTim a écrit :<br>>><br>>> On Mon, Mar
4, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Dominique Lacroix <<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu"
ymailto="mailto:dl@panamo.eu">dl@panamo.eu</a>>
wrote:<br>>><br>>> Dear Sala,<br>>><br>>>
Thanks Carlos for the mention.
Yes, I distributed a paper leaflet to some<br>>> friends in
Paris, during the WSIS.<br>>> The demonstration is
clear.<br>>> Two journal articles are going to be published.
Please, just wait a few<br>>> days.<br>>> I asked the
question about tax heavens to Fadi Chehadé in Paris, and to
3<br>>> members of ICANN board/GNSO.<br>>><br>>> Why
would you have any reasonable expectation that ICANN would
have<br>>> anything to do with this
issue?<br>>><br>>> Absolutely right. ICANN has not anything
to do with public interest.<br>> ICANN has a very narrow
remit. Asking them to police where<br>> corporations are
housed is well out of scope.<br>McTim<br><br>Who should take care of
the public interest aspects, if you think ICANN<br>should not do it?
What is your
view?<br><br>Guru<br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You
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