Re: [council] Bundling of IDN versions of TLDs

[Ching Chiao <chiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(The following was also posted on RySG list earlier)

As most of you know that this issue has been addressed in the 2004 .asia
sTLD application http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/asia.htm .
DotAsia will be happy to support this -- some may recalled that the similar
concept of *IDN gTLD fast track* to support existing TLD operators to apply
for associated IDN name. There's definitely other policy issues which it can
take another year or two to resolve.

However, this is a little bothering for some as this statement is from BC
rather than from NCSG or ALAC (which could make Adrian feel that this is
land grabbing). Also, the CJK language / ccTLD communities did not sign up
and this makes the statement less persuasive.

Just my two cents.

Ching



On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Adrian Kinderis
<adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Have everyone seen this?
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> http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/andruff-et-al-to-dengate-thrush-beckstrom-11may11-en.pdf
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> This is, in my opinion, ridiculous.
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> This is an incredibly slippery slope to even bother with and we have
> covered this ground before.
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> This is nothing more than a real estate grab by those that stand to benefit
> from it (and the usual suspects they have been able to rope in to “support”
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> I thought the GNSO sorted out this issue a long time ago. Did VeriSign just
> decide how much it was going to cost to go for .com in every script all of a
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> It is really simple. You cannot clearly define the meaning of *every* word
> in English as it directly relates to other scripts.
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> So, if I went for .auto does that mean I get .auto in Arabic – what is the
> EXACT translation for that? Do you get everything close? How close does it
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> What about the reverse? What if I go for .auto in Arabic (whatever that is)
> does that mean I get .car, .automobile, .auto, .autobus etc etc in ASCII?
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> Finally, .music in ASCII) is not the same as .music (Arabic version). It is
> promoting competition. What amazes me is no one receives any bundled TLD’s
> when they register under .com right now. VeriSign allows for separate
> registrations in each script. If they are the same, why don’t they give each
> registrant every IDN variant?
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> I would really like to make a stand on this as a Council. This rule has
> been included in EVERY version of the guidebook. Now we are nearing the
> finish line these folks would prefer to make a wholesale change to their
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> What are the thoughts of the Council?
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> *Adrian Kinderis*
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