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[ NNSquad ] ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications
ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications
http://j.mp/YAUNga (The Domains)
"It seems pretty clear that the New gTLD committee of ICANN doesn't
know what they should do about what is fast becoming one of the
biggest issues of the new gTLD program, applications for closed
generic strings. The issue generic strings like .App and .Music which
were applied for by companies like Amazon, which would not allow any
third party registrations, but rather keep the entire generic string
for their own use. The minutes of The Meeting of the New gTLD Program
Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors which was held on 10 January
2013 were just published yesterday. On the issue of Closed Generic
Strings, the minutes reflect that the committee and ICANN is split on
what exactly to do with what has become a big problem for the new gTLD
program. Of course the ICANN Board could have avoided the entire
problem had it included in the Guidebook a prohibition against any
company operating a closed "generic" string (as opposed to a .Brand
String) but ICANN did not prohibit this type of application and now
that the applications are in and the money has been paid by the
applicants its going to be one of the larger issues facing ICANN."
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The real issue is why ICANN plowed ahead when a crucial issue like this
was obvious. Oh wait, I remember now: $$$.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
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- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
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