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Hello Tim & all,<br>
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I am not sure I'm 100% in agreement here. I have concerns that so
far we've had ccTLDs that were running country-related TLDs and now
we might see more Country Codes, this time 3-letter country codes,
used and run as gTLDs - hence falling under the remit of the GNSO =
more US-based legislation and less legislation that happens in the
country itself. This, to me, smells like a concentration of more
power within ICANN's walls, when if we insisted on keeping CCs (2
& 3 letters) in ccNSO hands, wouldn't it do the opposite?<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/09/2015 14:08, McTim wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">+1 to Karl and John.
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<div>Potential user confusion is not something I am concerned
about as much as censorship and giving governments more sway
inside ICANN. The GAC has already won far too many
concessions OUTSIDE the GNSO policy arena, we shouldn't give
them any more for minor reasons.</div>
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McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where
it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Karl
Auerbach <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:karl@cavebear.com" target="_blank">karl@cavebear.com</a>></span>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span
class="">On 09/22/2015 12:39 PM, John Levine wrote:<br>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Every
geographical area that's eligible for a country code
has a two<br>
letter country code, and lots of existing software has
special cases to<br>
treat two letter TLDs differently. (Yes, we know
about the IDNs.)<br>
There are plenty of two letter codes left, they're not
going to run out.<br>
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can think of no reason to reserve the remaining 3
letter country codes<br>
other than as a makework project for bureaucrats with
too little to do.<br>
Surely we have enough of those already.<br>
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I fully agree with John Levine on this.<span class=""><font
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