[governance] privatising ccTLDs

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Let us not hope that anything which does not mean the end of the world
is therefore OK...

--c.a.

David Goldstein wrote:
> Carlos et al,
> 
> While there are good reasons for and against restricting ccTLD registrations to those who reside in the country of the ccTLD, both individuals and businesses, there are many around the world who have adopted less restrictive policies as to who is eligible to register a domain name and the world hasn't fallen in.
> 
> Some have a requirement for a local contact as part of the registration process, but this is often easily provided by a registrar. And given that the world's number one ccTLD and probably number 2 ccTLD, .DE and .UK respectively, allow people from around the world to register domain names in their ccTLDs and the world hasn't fallen in, then it's not too big a problem.
> 
> The main issue I see is that by opening up the ccTLD means it is harder for residents to get their own ccTLD domain.
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca>
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 9:11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [governance] privatising ccTLDs
> 
> Hi McTim, I can start by saying: cheap and quick way to get a gTLD... :)
> There is a business group which convinces a community (or their
> government, as I think Colombians have not had the opportunity to
> properly and widely debate this) that their national identity on the
> Internet is no longer relevant and let you take over and convert their
> ccTLD into a commodity for the international domain market.
> 
> In the case of Colombia, it is quite strange. It is a country with 44
> million people, relatively high HDI and the third largest South American
> economy -- hard to see how this is going to generate any significant
> amount of money to benefit Colombia -- this is far from being Tuvalu. On
> the other hand, given the size of the economy and Internet penetration
> in the country, it is hard to see how a non-profit self-sustainable
> operation to keep their ccTLD in the national commons would not succeed.
> 
> But this is my view and I am not a Colombian (just a Latin American),
> so... But it makes me sad to know that xyz.co no longer points to a
> Colombian Internet space.
> 
> frt rgds
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> McTim wrote:
>> http://www.cointernet.co/
>>
>> Do we have any thing to say on this?
>>
>> This type of thing would be a fruitful workshop topic IMO.
>>
> 

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Carlos A. Afonso
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