AW: [governance] ICANN Board Vote Signals Era of Censorship in Domain Names

[Michael Leibrandt]

Please note the huge difference regarding the public policy issues between a code like .cat which is just a placeholder for a geographic name and a code like .berlin which is 100% identical to a well known geographical name. Actually, for building a virtual community around a specific geographical location you only need to choose option one - the sponsored placeholder - which, at least from my point of view, doesn't raise any serious concerns and can therefore be introduced without permission from the relevant public authority. I'm not aware of any substantial .cat discussions in the GAC.

Michael, Berlin   
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