[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
1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20006
Office: +1.202.533.2932 Mobile: +1.202.352.6367 / neustar.biz
<http://www.neustar.biz>
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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