[ALAC] Public Comment on Red Cross national names

[Maureen Hilyard]

I agree with Bastiaan and Tijani


On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:51 PM, Bastiaan Goslings <
bastiaan.goslings at ams-ix.net> wrote:

> thanks, I too support this draft statement: it’s nice and succinct
>
> -Bastiaan
>
>
> > On 18 Jul 2018, at 09:11, Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa at topnet.tn>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Alan; I support this statement.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> > Tijani BEN JEMAA
> > Executive Director
> > Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI)
> > Phone: +216 98 330 114
> >             +216 52 385 114
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> >
> >
> >> Le 18 juil. 2018 à 03:37, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> a
> écrit :
> >>
> >> The PC at https://community.icann.org/x/GoRHBQ is addressing a set of
> recommendations to protect at the second level the names of the various
> national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
> >>
> >> I was an active member of the original Red Cross name PDP. The national
> names were not protected at that time for a number of reasons, largely
> technicalities. This PDP modification process was convened to attempt to
> correct the process. I also joined the reconvened WG, but stopped attending
> after three meetings, largely due to the slowness of the deliberations, but
> I did keep an eye on the mailing list.
> >>
> >> The bottom line is that the reconvened PDP is recommending that the
> country names be protected.
> >>
> >> In reality, I do not believe that this issue is really substantive in
> that fraudulent activity can still occur using minor modification of the
> names. But I believe that we should support it because it is significant
> example of ICANN addressing an issue with global public interest
> implications. In particular, one of the arguments against reserving these
> names in the past has been that by doing so, we are impacting freedom of
> speech - specifically not allowing other parties to use these names. Since
> these names are in fact protected by law in each jurisdiction, I personally
> believe that this argument has little merit.
> >>
> >> I am reproducing the statement below for your convenience.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >> ========
> >>
> >> The ALAC appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Initial Report
> on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names in all gTLDs – Policy
> Amendment Process.
> >>
> >> The ALAC has always taken the position that as a humanitarian
> organization, and one that has been regularly the target of those seeking
> to fraudulently attract donations, the Red Cross should be afforded the
> courtesy of having its various identifiers protected at the second level in
> gTLD domain names.
> >>
> >> The current process recommends additional protection in this area and
> the recommendations are supported by the ALAC.
> >>
> >>
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