[At-Large] [GTLD-WG] IRT working group report

[Alan Greenberg]

At 31/05/2009 09:55 PM, Hong Xue wrote:
>At 31/05/2009 02:18 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
> > So advice on the IRT report should not just be a blast against the
> > process, but preferably a substantive critique of the proposals with
> > alternatives if possible.
>
>I fully agree. We should address substantive critique and provide more
>balanced and reasonable alternatives, if possible, from the
>prospective of users.

My last post was purely on process, but I do have something to add 
more on substance. I have read and heard a few things that imply "if 
it is good for the IP community, it is bad for users".

This may be correct with respect to registrants and privacy. I am not 
an expert in these matters, but it seems to me that from the point of 
view of not confronting users with domain names that are easily 
confusingly similar to others, the needs of real end-users and IP 
holders may well be quite complementary.

Alan