[At-Large] A brexit problem that I heard about

Kris Seeburn seeburn.k at gmail.com
Mon Aug 20 13:36:46 UTC 2018


It is and it is not our problem to get into it. I guess it will eventually transpire into our thoughts. But we should remain objective and look at the interest of the society at large. 

> On Aug 20, 2018, at 17:16, gtheo <gtheo at xs4all.nl <mailto:gtheo at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
> 
> Danko is correct, in my opinion, Eurid is now part of a political game between the UK and the EU.
> 
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> Theo Geurts
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> Danko Jevtović schreef op 2018-08-20 01:53 PM:
>> I understand that it is not up to EURID, but to EC (European
>> Commission), that hold the contract with EURID to manage to TLDs.
>> The problem seems to be that possible solution (grandfathering clause)
>> cannot be discussed outside of the whole package of Brexit
>> negotiations, effectively blocking any reasonable progress.
>> Danko
>> FROM: At-Large <at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org <mailto:at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org>> ON BEHALF OF
>> Roberto Gaetano
>> SENT: Monday, August 20, 2018 1:09 PM
>> TO: bzs at theworld.com <mailto:bzs at theworld.com>
>> CC: At Large <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>> SUBJECT: Re: [At-Large] A brexit problem that I heard about
>> Hi Barry.
>> You might have a point in principle.
>> However the reality is that each TLD can decide its own rules, and
>> therefore whether to be strict in terms of requirements - like for
>> instance .bank - or loose - like for instance .com.
>> .eu has chosen the first approach, and has all right to do so. Whether
>> EURID is willing to make an exception for Brexit - based also on the
>> consideration that, as far as I know, they do not make continuous
>> checking about whether the resistant still complies with the
>> requirements - or not, I don’t know. Apparently not.
>> Cheers,
>> Roberto
>>> On 17.08.2018, at 19:31, bzs at theworld.com <mailto:bzs at theworld.com> wrote:
>>> Ok I'll say it...
>>> How many of these affected *.EU domains were actually entities with
>>> some sort of EU charter or relationship as the TLD was approved for
>>> in
>>> 2005?
>>> I realize it's naive to point out that .NET was for networking
>>> organizations and .ORG for not-for-profits etc. in a world where we
>>> have .XYZ and .FAIL (must they really be FAILures?)
>>> Ok that ship has sailed because no one wanted to enforce it as it
>>> would interfere with maximazing domain sales in those TLDs.
>>> But are we really supposed to get lathered up about those who now
>>> got
>>> burned flouting all that?
>>> What promise do those affected actually expect to be upheld? Chapter
>>> and verse not "well, we assumed..."?
>>> And, no, marching out one or two bona-fide examples doesn't quite
>>> rise
>>> to a counter argument.
>>> If there were only one or two or ten I'll guess they could be
>>> handled
>>> since they would have always had a legitimae reason to represent
>>> themselves with a .EU domain which one would hope would allow them
>>> some explicit accommodation.
>>> --
>>> -Barry Shein
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