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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=maureen.hilyard@gmail.com
href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com">Maureen Hilyard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>To:</B> <A title=bastiaan.goslings@ams-ix.net
href="mailto:bastiaan.goslings@ams-ix.net">Bastiaan Goslings</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org">ALAC</A> ; <A
title=alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">Alan
Greenberg</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 18, 2018 5:29 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ALAC] Public Comment on Red
Cross national names</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I agree with Bastiaan and Tijani
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:51 PM, Bastiaan Goslings
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:bastiaan.goslings@ams-ix.net"
target=_blank>bastiaan.goslings@ams-ix.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>thanks, I too support this draft statement: it’s nice and
succinct<BR><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT
color=#888888><BR>-Bastiaan<BR></FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV class=h5><BR><BR>> On 18 Jul 2018, at 09:11, Tijani BEN JEMAA <<A
href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn">tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn</A>>
wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Thank you Alan; I support this statement.<BR>>
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Tijani BEN JEMAA<BR>> Executive Director<BR>> Mediterranean Federation
of Internet Associations (FMAI)<BR>> Phone: +216 98 330 114<BR>>
+216 52 385 114<BR>>
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<BR>> <BR>>> Le 18 juil. 2018 à 03:37, Alan Greenberg <<A
href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</A>> a
écrit :<BR>>> <BR>>> The PC at <A
href="https://community.icann.org/x/GoRHBQ" rel=noreferrer
target=_blank>https://community.icann.org/x/<WBR>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>>>
<BR>>> 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>>>
<BR>>> The bottom line is that the reconvened PDP is recommending that
the country names be protected.<BR>>> <BR>>> 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>>> <BR>>> I am reproducing the statement below for
your convenience.<BR>>> <BR>>> Alan<BR>>> <BR>>>
========<BR>>> <BR>>> 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.<BR>>> <BR>>> 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>>> <BR>>> The current process recommends additional
protection in this area and the recommendations are supported by the
ALAC.<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
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