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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Or how about emojis?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">While they’re banned in gTLDs (mostly) they’re still permitted in a few of the ccTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><joly.nyc@gmail.com> on behalf of Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"joly@punkcast.com" <joly@punkcast.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 16:41<br>
<b>To: </b>Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Michele Neylon <michele@blacknight.com>, "lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org" <lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I think that there's another POV which was argued out in the early 00's, which is, given appropriate reliability, security and social checks and balances, there is no compelling technical reason for tld's
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I'd say IDN spoofing is a way bigger issue than wilting brand tlds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/look-alike-domains-and-visual-confusion/">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/look-alike-domains-and-visual-confusion/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 11:28 AM, Evan Leibovitch <<a href="mailto:evanleibovitch@gmail.com" target="_blank">evanleibovitch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 9:47 AM Michele Neylon - Blacknight, <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" target="_blank">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carlton's original point still stands. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN steamrolls ahead with new rounds of TLDs, surrounded by those who have gone through lengthy, expensive acquisition processes only to walk away.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only constituencies within ICANN who want this continued march to oblivion are those with financial interest. And the march takes place during a period of increasing conflict with governments that demonstrates the naked hubris and disregard
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<p class="MsoNormal">If ICANN had any sense of self-preservation it would put its pathetic expansion efforts on hold while it ponders the consequences of defying global privacy regulations. But the culture of industry entitlement is so deeply entrenched that
such sensible reflection is unlikely. Still possible, but unlikely. And At-Large will still be there to help provide guidance should ICANN come to its senses. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise, the lemming march continues and the multilaterals lay in wait.<o:p></o:p></p>
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