[governance] who owns the new gTLDs?

[Lee W McKnight]

Re:

> 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.

My comment: ICANN did prep the process...but as McTim noted, very few applications came in. As noted Avri may have more specifics.

Frankly, my take is that even with the discounts, the amount of time/effort to go through the process, and then promise to keep a gTLD up more or less indefinitely, for an economic value proposition of high uncertainty; was something that very few developing country ngo-type groups were prepared to gamble their limited resources on.    Since they don't have cash piles parked in offshore accounts, generally speaking, that was probably a wise move.

Although I expect a few more may choose to participate next time around, if the value proposition is clearer, based on how the present round works out.

Lee  
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From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of McTim [dogwallah at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 8:00 PM
To: Pranesh Prakash
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] who owns the new gTLDs?

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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