[twochar_comments] Objection to R000205 ARMY R000206 NAVY R000207 AIRFORCE by United TLD Holdco Ltd

YEO YEE LING yeo at mynic.my
Wed Mar 25 22:58:53 UTC 2015


.MY is the ccTLD representing Malaysia under ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, duly delegated to MYNIC Berhad by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) with registration record dated 8th June 1987. MY means Malaysia to the Internet community globally and locally. The use of "MY" as SLD in new gTLDs would give the perception that the domain names in question belong to or are related to Malaysia and the Malaysian community.

The preamble to the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Operating Principles dated April 2005 states that ccTLDs are operated in trust by the Registry for the public interest, including the interest of the Internet community, on behalf of the relevant public authorities including governments, who ultimately have public policy authority over their ccTLDs, consistent with universal connectivity of the Internet. In this context, "MY" officially represents the ccTLD for Malaysia and it is operated in trust by MYNIC Berhad as the duly appointed Registry pursuant to national laws by the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for the public interest, which includes the interests of the Internet community in Malaysia and globally.

Reference is made to ICANN NGPC Resolution No. 2014.02.05.NG01 and Category 1 Safeguards as Public Interest Commitments in Specification 11 of the new gTLD Registry Agreement. We emphasize on the importance to ensure that these Safeguards are implemented by the Registry operators. We also emphasize on the obligations for Registry Operators to implement measures to avoid confusion and misleading use. Until and unless those measures to avoid confusion and misleading use, are implemented by Registry operators, MYNIC requests that:-

Registry operator should consult MYNIC on any request for domain name registration of "MY" at the SLD in .ARMY, .NAVY & .AIRFORCE TLDs. 


Thanks & Regards
 

Hasnul Hasan
Chief Executive Officer
MYNIC Berhad

www.mynic.my

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