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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Yes, most certainly in
the public interest to support this.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita Moll</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/17/2018 10:37 PM, Alan Greenberg
wrote:<br>
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The PC at
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/GoRHBQ" eudora="autourl"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://community.icann.org/x/GoRHBQ</a> is addressing a set of
recommendations to protect at the second level the names of the
various
national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.<br>
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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.<br>
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The bottom line is that the reconvened PDP is recommending that
the
country names be protected.<br>
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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.<br>
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I am reproducing the statement below for your convenience.<br>
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Alan<br>
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The ALAC appreciates the opportunity to comment on the <b>Initial
Report
on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names in all gTLDs –
Policy
Amendment Process.<br>
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</b>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.<br>
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The current process recommends additional protection in this area
and the
recommendations are supported by the ALAC.<br>
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