[ALAC] Public Comment on Red Cross national names

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Wed Jul 18 14:04:14 UTC 2018


I agree with Ed's proposal; it isn't a courtesy any more.

Maybe it's an oversight but I think Ed would retain the word "having" in
his changed construct.

Carlton


On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, 8:24 am Eduardo Diaz, <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would change the part that says *"...should be afforded the courtesy of
> having its various identifiers..."*  to *"...should be afforded its
> various identifiers..."*
>
> -ed
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 12:03 AM Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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