[ga] Destroying the Utility of the DNS
>From the Staff Report on a Draft IGO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure: "The protection of IGO names and abbreviations is foreseen in the new gTLD process, with an objections-based approach for strings at the top-level...; The objections-based approach for new gTLD top-level strings is part of a broader development task for objections-based dispute resolution procedures for top-level strings that are under development by ICANN staff with the assistance of outside counsel." Protecting IGO abbreviations at the top level is an astoundingly horrible idea that has already been consecrated by the GNSO Council in their new gTLD Recommendation #3. Attached to this message is a Word document listing all the IGO acronyms currently protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention. You will note that both BIZ and AU are protected acronyms, and that the great bulk of the entries are three and four letter combinations. Additionally there is a "dispute resolution process (DRP) being proposed for domain names at the second (and if applicable, third) levels that conflict with IGO names and acronyms." If these policies are adopted, it will be the greatest clusterfuck in DNS history. you can read about this abomination at http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-igo-drp-report-v2-28sep07.pdf ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow Attachment:
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