[governance] Re: Why the unilateral US control over generic TLD is dangerous

Wed Feb 2 11:40:05 EST 2011

Adam says: "Makes the process Avri and others are involved with find ways to support developing country applicants for new gTLDs even more important: diversity in location of administration is clearly essential."

Apropos, see https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/SO-AC++New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Working+Group

We are seeking inputs for developing a criteria to qualify applicants for support, to define a mechanism to deliver that support as well as consideration for funding and fund-raising.   Inputs from interested parties of this list would be welcome.

Carlton Samuels
Co-Chair of the WG

From: governance-request at lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Adam Peake
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [governance] Re: Why the unilateral US control over generic TLD is dangerous

My bad memory -- I thought the earlier seizures had been made via the
registrars, not registries. Were a number of Cuban businesses caught
via their registrars, not the more recent ICE cases, doesn't matter
this is bad.  And I was wrong.

Makes the process Avri and others are involved with find ways to
support developing country applicants for new gTLDs even more
important: diversity in location of administration is clearly
essential.

Would be helpful if members of PIR's Advisory Council
<http://www.pir.org/about/council> active in the IGC (Khaled, Milton)
could find out what's going on.  Suggest the Advisory Council
recommend to PIR that it move its registered office to Geneva, with
ISOC.  And it would be good to get a reaction from ISOC.  When is the
re-bid for the .NET and .ORG contract coming up, let's make it an
issue.

Perhaps Bill would like to see what the GNSO Council thinks and what
amendments necessary the new TLD process to try and protect against
similar actions by governments in the future. And we all have GAC
representatives, write to them.  There's a meeting of GAC and Board
coming up on new TLDs, this is an issue very relevant to that
process.  Ask our GAC representatives to raise it. Who can contact
Spain?

Adam

(BTW  - as we're all subscribed to the list could we not cc everyone
on every reply, just the list will do.)

>On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Check out the second paragraph of the article in this link:
>>
>>http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/02/01/us-seizes-domain-spainbased-sports-linking-site-rojadirecta
>
>I am surprised that PIR caved in so quickly...Baptism by fire for
>Brian Cute. If, as it seems regitries/registrars are going to abide by
>these seizure orders, it seems they would abide by them if they had HQ
>in any country.
>
>What is the solution then? A treaty is not going to fly, no country is
>going to give up their sovereignty over ccTLDs or com0panies
>(registries/registrars) that run in their country.
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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