<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The application process is open and we do have developing country applications to some extent. Not to mention that there is often a preference for cctlds to factor in.</div><div><br></div><div>The rush here has been to corner brand names as tlds, which are of doubtful value. People will tend to go to <a href="http://ebay.com">ebay.com</a> rather than paperclips.ebay if they want to buy paper clips.</div><div><br></div><div>Th vast majority of these new gtlds will, like previous new gtlds (.museum and others) just fade out after a while, for all this noise.</div><div><br></div><div>So I fail to see any Internet divide happening here</div><div><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 05-Mar-2013, at 3:11, Dominique Lacroix <<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu">dl@panamo.eu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<pre wrap=""><small><small>On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Dominique Lacroix <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu"><dl@panamo.eu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><small><small>Dear Sala,
Thanks Carlos for the mention. Yes, I distributed a paper leaflet to some
friends in Paris, during the WSIS.
The demonstration is clear.
Two journal articles are going to be published. Please, just wait a few
days.
I asked the question about tax heavens to Fadi Chehadé in Paris, and to 3
members of ICANN board/GNSO.</small></small>
Why would you have any reasonable expectation that ICANN would have
anything to do with this issue?</pre>
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<big><big>Absolutely right. ICANN has not anything to do with public
interest.</big></big><br>
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<pre wrap=""><small><small>ICANN must have a fair, open and transparent application process for
new TLDs. They can't discriminate against folks who decide to
incorporate in a specific location!! Can you imagine the litigation
if they did?
Is anyone even surprised by these numbers?</small></small></pre>
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<big><big>These numbers also demonstrate two failings of the TLDs
program:<br>
- outreach,<br>
- developping countries.</big></big><br>
<big><big>The same conclusions as Emily Taylor, the EURID speaker at
WSIS+10.</big></big><br>
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<big><big>Now, the only thing we can do is to change our way of
speaking:<br>
Don't tell "the Internet". Tell "the American Internet".<br>
The other Internets will appear very soon with such
behaviours...</big></big><br>
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<big><big>@+, cheers,</big></big><br>
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Dominique Lacroix
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Société européenne de l'Internet
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ies-france.eu">http://www.ies-france.eu</a>
+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14</small></pre>
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