[CCWG-ACCT] Resolution of Mission Language related to regulation and contract

Burr, Becky Becky.Burr at neustar.biz
Tue Nov 24 17:41:12 UTC 2015


I am ok with ³taking into account the use of domain names as identifiers
in various natural languages² if that is acceptable to others.  We are,
however, not drafting bylaws language at this point.


J. Beckwith Burr 
Neustar, Inc. / Deputy
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer
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On 11/24/15, 12:34 PM, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 05:14:56PM +0000, Burr, Becky wrote:
>> 
>> 1.     The prohibition on the regulation of ³content² is not intended
>>to prevent ICANN policies from taking into account the semantic meaning
>>of domain names.
>> 
>
>Could I suggest a friendly amendment?  Perhaps "taking into account
>issues with respect to domain name registrations as such"?  Or "taking
>into account the use of domain names as identifiers in various natural
>languages"?  Many of us are at regular pains to point out that "the
>semantic meaning of domain names" is a empty set, since domain names
>as such are arbitrary and have no language associated with them (and
>might not be in a language at all -- com and org are not in themselves
>meaningful strings).  In any case, I don't think you want even a
>generous reading of that, because if we get into issues around the
>meaning of domain names, we are almost certainly on the slippery slope
>to regulating content anyway.
>
>It would be _really bad_ if any suggestion that domain names had in
>themselves semantic meaning made it into the bylaws.
>
>Best regards,
>
>A
>
>-- 
>Andrew Sullivan
>ajs at anvilwalrusden.com



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