[governance] ICANN declined Bulgarian IDN fast-track request

[Hong Xue]

Thanks for the information. Is it a formal "announcement" of ICANN? I
cannot find it on ICANN website. Or, is it only an outcome of string
evaluation? In the latter case, you may wish to further communicate
with ICANN. The restrictive registration policy you mentioned may
somewhat erase the concerns of user confusion. But domain names are
accessible globally. An IDN string non-confusing to local  community
might inflict phishing in other part of the world.

Well, we are right in the mud of how to evaluate "confusingly
similarity" between IDN scripts and Latin scripts.

Hong


On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:09 AM,  <krum.jonev at dir.bg> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to this list, but I would like to bring to your attention an issue
> that recently appeared in Bulgaria.
>
> The Ministry of Transport, IT and Communications announced that ICANN has
> declined the Bulgarian application in the new IDN ccTLD fast-track process,
> as the proposed string .бг looked too much like the existing ccTLD of Brazil
> (.br).
>
> However, the people in Bulgaria that are in favor of introducing an IDN
> ccTLD are practically mad of this decision. A few user groups sent protest
> letters to the Ministry, advising them to appeal the ICANN`s decision.
> Others just sit and doesn't know what to do.
>
> Therefore, I am looking for your opinion on those questions - do you think
> that the string .бг "presents an unacceptably high risk of user confusion"
> with .br (as said in ICANN reply); and does Bulgaria have any chance if
> decides to appeal, as this is the desire of the majority of the Internet
> community? There were even two proposals of imposing a requirement for the
> IDN ccTLD registry, to allow only registration of domain names that contain
> an unique Cyrillic letter - in this way, all similarities would be avoided.
>
> Thank you in advance for you time.
>
> Kind regards,
> Krum Jonev
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