[At-Large] [ALAC] gTLD Review Group decisions regarding the comments on objection grounds on the ".book" application by Amazon EU s.a.r.l

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear Dev and All,

The Association of American Publishers and Google entered into a
settlement, see: http://www.publishers.org/press/85/ I thought that this
would be of interest to the .book debate

Kind Regards,

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>wrote:

> Dear Dev,
>
> thank you very much for your email explaining the course of action which
> you recommend.
> I am CC'ing the present email to the ALAC for its information.
> I also trust that Avri Doria, Chair of the At-Large New gTLD Working
> Group, will be picking up the ball from here. I look forward to her WG
> making recommendations as to the course of action they suggest.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
>
> On 08/08/2012 19:51, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG ; https://community.icann.org/x/u7-bAQ)
> > received a comment on community objection grounds by InternetNZ, an
> > ALS in APRALO, on the application by Amazon EU S.A.R.L for the applied
> > for gTLD string "book" on July 26 2012.
> >
> > InternetNZ's comment was posted to the At-Large new gTLD Applications
> > Dashboard Workspace at
> > https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/.book+_OG
> >
> > Several comments from At-Large, including members of the gTLD RG were
> > received and posted on the wiki page at
> > https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/.book+_OG
> > including a condensed version of InternetNZ's comment by gTLD RG
> > members Eduardo Diaz and Yrjo Lansipuro.
> >
> > The comments by InternetNZ and others raises concerns regarding the
> > availability of 2nd level domains under generic TLDs. Whether domains
> > under such proposed generic TLDs should be available or "open" to the
> > wider public or "closed" to the applicants applying for the proposed
> > gTLD.
> >
> > Because such concepts are outside the scope of the application for
> > ".book" by Amazon EU s.a.r.l, the gTLD RG on its conference call on
> > Monday August 6 2012 (https://community.icann.org/x/iAUeAg) decided
> > not to submit a comment on this application to the ALAC for possible
> > submission to ICANN's new gTLD comment forum before the close of the
> > Application Comment Period.
> >
> > However, given the concepts raised regarding the availability of 2nd
> > level domains under gTLDs has policy implications that impacts
> > individual Internet end users, the gTLD RG recommends that the issues
> > raised be referred to the At-Large new gTLD Working Group
> > (https://community.icann.org/x/8Yoi) for discussion and possible
> > policy recommendations.
> >
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Dev Anand Teelucksingh
> > Chair, gTLD Review Group
> >
>
> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>
>
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