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

Drazek, Keith kdrazek at verisign.com
Tue Nov 24 17:51:11 UTC 2015


Agreed. This looks good to me. 

Best,
Keith


> On Nov 24, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Burr, Becky <Becky.Burr at neustar.biz> wrote:
> 
> 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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