[At-Large] At-Large Use of Country and Territory Names as Top Level Domains

[Carlton Samuels]

..and ++1

-Carlton


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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> I note that I did not fully answer Maureen's questions.
>
> The comments of my last message refer only to the ISO-defined three-letter
> strings. Full-length names (such as .deutchland) are not protected this
> way; though I believe the allocation of country-full-name strings to third
> parties to be stupid and generally against the public interest, the case
> against them is not as obvious as for the ISO codes.
>
> Having said this, I personally believe that there should be a moratorium
> of *any* new gTLD applications until a full evaluation of the effect of
> the current expansion is complete.
>
> - Evan
>
>
> On 22 September 2015 at 10:06, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
>
>> To me the answer is self-evident.
>>
>> The codes that ICANN uses for ccTLDs, especially ones that are
>> non-intuitive to foreigners (such as .ch for Switzerland, .za for South
>> Africa or .kh for Cambodia) are based on an ISO standard, ISO 3166-1
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1>, with one notable exception
>> (use of ,uk when the ISO code for the United Kingdom is GB).
>>
>> This same standard also defines three-lettter codes. Because of the
>> definition of a publicly-understood standard, anything besides allocating
>> these ISO codes to the appropriate ccTLDs would cause substantial public
>> confusion.
>>
>> - Evan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 September 2015 at 09:09, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear At-Large members
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Country codes are traditionally a 2-letter string. The new gTLD process
>>> is enabling country and territory codes to be expanded to 3-letters (or
>>> even as whole names).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The “Cross Community Working Group for the Use of Country and Territory
>>> Names as Top Level Domains” is asking:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Should these new 3-letter country/territory codes be reserved ONLY as
>>> ccTLDs *OR* should they be open to everyone as gTLDs?  (This question
>>> refers to 3-letter code IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs as well)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. What advantages or disadvantages does your answer offer either group
>>> (ccTLDs or gTLDs)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please return your answers to these two questions to me asap. J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For those who would like to contribute to other questions about this
>>> topic please refer directly to the workspace
>>>
>>>
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Use+of+Country+and+Territory+Names+as+Top-Level+Domains+Workspace
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All comments welcome J
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Evan Leibovitch
>> Geneva, CH
>>
>> Em: evan at telly dot org
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>> Tw: el56
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch
> Geneva, CH
>
> Em: evan at telly dot org
> Sk: evanleibovitch
> Tw: el56
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