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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hei Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is an interesting discussion. Greg earlier referred to RFC 3071 from 2011, which raises some of the same questions. Before GNSO and ccNSO there was DNSO, that handled
it all. However, what was raised at ICANN 61 at the WT5 meeting was that especially the different variations of country & territory names, including ISO 3166 3-letter codes, and whatever were excluded in the end from the 2012 AGB, were neither ccTLDs nor gTLDs,
but “something in between” where the question was where the underlying policy authority was. And that the basic difference is that those TLDs that identify a country should be under the local community authority.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So, the key element is how these country names could fit into a gTLD process without having to fall under the global policy authority and superseding the local policy
authority. This was made very clear by several participants during the meeting in San Juan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In my view, it is not a question of dissolving neither GNSO nor ccNSO, but whether it is inside our scope in WT 5 to solve this question or not. As I see it we can which
names are gTLDs and which are not and under which conditions, for example support/non-objection, but not to make it to “something else”, to a group that we do not have today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Alexander Schubert <alexander@schubert.berlin><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"alexander@schubert.berlin" <alexander@schubert.berlin><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 4 April 2018 at 20:49<br>
<b>To: </b>'Icann Gnso Newgtld Wg Wt5' <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] The WT5 meeting in San Juan - CW comments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Timo,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Just for clarification: So you think a .city should be a ccTLD as well? A .state (e.g. .florida) as well?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Why don’t we simply dissolve the ccNSO and end the artificial separation between ccTLDs and gTLDs – and just have ONE class of TLDs? Would make it MUCH easier! It seems you
are calling for that, right? Dissolving the ccNSO?<br>
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How can the harmonization of ccTLDs and gTLDs be applied for at ICANN? What would be the steps?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alexander</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Timo Võhmar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 04, 2018 5:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Icann Gnso Newgtld Wg Wt5 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] The WT5 meeting in San Juan - CW comments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I support Cristopher's points<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The separation between generic and country code TLDs is not the question of semantics - it is about policy ie who is in control of how the TLD is operated whether it is local internet community or international community (ICANN). So from
that point of view anything that stands for and represents country names must be in control of these local communities. That in general goes for geo-names as well - in my view interests of local internet community should override the corporate interests. But
as the geo-names were already released under GNSO policy we should work around that to try to find a solution that works for internet communities and if no claim is made for corporate or international/generic interests.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Timo Võhmar<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Estonian Internet <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Alexander Schubert <<a href="mailto:alexander@schubert.berlin" target="_blank">alexander@schubert.berlin</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi WT5,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Greg makes a valid point here:<br>
Obviously a place like Qatar, London or Israel are relevant and important enough internationally as well as locally to be protected globally for the local residents. But then there are places that do not even HAVE “Internet”, no industry whatsoever and no recognition
internationally not even nationally. A small hill for example. Or a small stream.<br>
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The big question here is: how to distinguish? In the past we tried to apply ISO lists – with mixed success.
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But this is probably irrelevant for the names that have been banned in the 2012 round: ISO 3166 Alpha-3 and territory names. These are impacting enough to deserve extra protection by requiring a letter of non-objection by the Government!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">So we have TWO different problem clouds:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m839577194674867455msolistparagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Names that have been unavailable in the 2012 round: ISO 3166 Alpha-3 and territory names!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Small, unknown, un-impacting geo-places (small mountain, small stream) around the world</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I think both need to be dealt with separately.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 [mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Shatan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 04, 2018 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cw@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">cw@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>;
<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] The WT5 meeting in San Juan - CW comments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A string may be used as a brand, a geographical name, a generic term, a purpose-specific term and a surname, among other things.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Whether it is “primarily” one of those things may or may not be a relevant or workable test or factor. And how one determines the primary use is open to debate. Declaring that
if some patch of dirt or pool of water has been named X, that X is always “primarily” a geographical name, regardless of other uses and factors, is a conclusion, not a basis.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Invoking “transparency and predictability” as a mantra doesn’t make it any more reasoned. I don’t think there’s a “transparency” issue here at all, but since we all support transparency
(except, it appears, when it comes to who owns a domain name) it must be good, right? And why the “transparency and predictability” needs of the occupants of a tiny village trump the transparency and predictability of millions of consumers is still a mystery.
It represents a dirt-based physical nationalism that is very much at odds with the border less reality and future of the Internet, though experiencing a disturbing resurgence at the moment in the U.S. and elsewhere. You can build a wall at the border or around
a patch of dirt; that doesn’t mean that you put that same wall around every top level domaIn name that happens to be used as a geographical name somewhere.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Dear Greg, Dear WT5 participants:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I consider that a geographical name pertains primarily and in the first instance to the internet users (present and future) in the location concerned.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This in the interests of transparency and predictability for individual users among those communities and economies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">What is your basis for thinking that Geonames takes precedence over IP? I’d like to understand that thought process, and see how broadly you think this “precedence” should be applied
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 3:49 AM Kris Seeburn <<a href="mailto:seeburn.k@gmail.com" target="_blank">seeburn.k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Why don’t we just ensure country codes with ISO alpha 3 is retained for countries plain and simple. There are countries where even the alpha-2 are not within an independent hands.
ICANN is still working trying to release them from certain people, but still no way out. So a proposal is all the ISO alpha 3 are allotted within bounds that these could be used as alternate to alpha 2 for countries. That could clear the air for government
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Then we could look at brands etc., based on IP or a strong case where it geoname attached to a country language, or culture but without also destroying a model that would be on
the onus of the party requesting such Domain. Since we are talking Geonames. I think Geo takes precedence over IP but we may need to establish a strict way of engaging this as it could backfire as well. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I would say that the ideas and concepts in RFC 3071 are still quite relevant. I'd prefer that others (and Christopher) consider their
substance, rather than finding ways to dismiss them without responding to them. We have not been at this domain name thing for all that long, and there is relatively little that looks at the taxonomy of domain names in any comprehensive way.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Christopher, can you clarify what "relevant prior rights" you are referring to with regard to geographical names? Which laws
and/or treaties are you referring to, and to which parts?</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">While I hope that "the question of multiple uses can be resolved," I expect that it will, indeed it must, become a driver of "the
eventual policy for geographical names."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">It's an interesting way to turn history on its head and state that "</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">all
sorts of 'purpose specific' TLDs have been subsumed into the G* concept within GNSO.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">" It's really quite the opposite. Once upon a time, there was a DNSO and the DNSO was in charge of policy for all domain
names. Then came a time when two-letter TLDs specifically designated for a particular country or autonomous territory derived from ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (i.e., ccTLDs) were removed from the purview of the DNSO (which was renamed the GNSO) and placed
in a new "supporting organization," the ccNSO. All else remained in the GNSO.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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are being invoked in that analogy before I can respond. Even assuming <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">arguendo</span></em> that there is an analogy, the issue of rights to a string really only becomes relevant when more than one party is
interested in it or claims an interest or right in it. Which brings us right back to "the question of multiple uses."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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