[governance] who owns the new gTLDs?

[McTim]

Hi Pranesh,

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:
> McTim [2013-03-05 02:36]:
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Diego Rafael Canabarro
>> <diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "The application process is open and we do have developing country
>>> applications to some extent."
>>>
>>> That, per se, cannot be taken as a measure of fairness and equality in the
>>> process, can it? Especially in the context of path dependent effects that
>>> favor incumbents (North American) ICT firms. No surprise at all, but it
>>> doesn't mean that these self-reinforcing trends shall not be object of
>>> policy-making, does it?
>>
>> I would be happy to hear your suggestions on realistic policy
>> proposals that would have changed these outcomes.
>
> I would be happy to hear your suggestions on this very same issue too,


I don't think it is possible to have changed the outcome (marginally
changed, yes, significantly changed, probably not).

> McTim.  Or is there nothing whatsoever objectionable about North
> American companies dominating the gTLD space?  C'est la vie (et le
> fonctionnement du marché libre)?


Are we talking back end providers (the 74% figure cited in CA's mail)
or dominance by companies applying for newTLDs?

As for backend providers, It's worth noting.  I'm not sure that I
object to it.  There is nothing artificial in it I think.  More to the
point, I don't think that ICANN could (or should try) to do anything
about it.

You might as well ask if I find it "objectionable" that France
dominates in Brie production.

For front-end registries, I think the answer is similar in that lots
of domainers are Americans, and they have the "cyber real-estate"
mentality, and are more willing to speculate with their money on new
TLDs.


> And whatever happened to the differential developing country gTLD
> application rates that I heard about at one point (and seems to be
> mentioned in the minutes of one ICANN meeting), but seems to have
> disappeared again?

JAS?  I don't think many folks used it, but Avri may know more, since
she was on the JAS WG I think.

-- 
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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