[governance] new gTLDs

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

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> Just think of the scenario when Amazon owns .book, and mind you, it is to
> be fully private. Unlike existing registries like .com etc amazon will not
> even be obliged to sell second level domain names under .book in the public
> market (protecting the marketplace, huh!). Quite soon, amazon may change
> its name, or at least its book division's name to .book... It will have a
> right to, since it owns that particular symbol in a very special way.....
> Remember, normal trademark etc law wont allow it to run its business under
> the name 'book', because it will be considered too generic a name, meaning
> it is pubic property (those good old times when laws were made to protect
> the public!). But with an expedient routed through the ICANN- that
> benefactor of the powerful, Amazon can run its business under .book, the
> ownership of which is 'established, or would certainly get established over
> due course of use as everyone will know, of course .book  amazon (and vice
> versa), are you kidding or what!
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> This is an excellent point. The At Large community that represent and look
out for the interests of ordinary internet users have been robustly
engaging in discussions and also receiving feedback and comments from its
members on this very same issue and also on "Amazon's" application of
 .book. It will also be great if you could post your comments to the At
Large list as I think I have seen you reply to one of the mailing lists
there so that the views are captured. Membership of At Large is open to all
and you can find out how to join as an Accredited At Large Structure (ALS).
In the Asian Australasian Pacific region, to join the At Large, has to be
through an ALS. It is one things to object here but it is far more
impacting to raise your concerns with ICANN through the appropriate
mechanism process available to the public to comment. I suspect that you
may have done this already and if you have, then please ignore this comment.

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Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji

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