[ALAC] Public Comment on Red Cross national names

[Marita Moll]

Yes, most certainly in the public interest to support this.

Marita Moll


On 7/17/2018 10:37 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
> The PC at https://community.icann.org/x/GoRHBQ 
> <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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