[At-Large] R: News on the .health TLD allocation

[Roberto Gaetano]

The point that I am taking home from parminder's post is that due to the inherently global nature of the internet there is the real possibility that some drugs will be legal in some countries but illegal in others.
The generics might well be a case, but there may be others. Unless I am missing something, their FAQ does not address this possibility.
To be clear, I am not at all questioning dotHealth's good faith and good intentions, and I am extremely happy that they commit to the code of conduct they describe in their FAQ, but I do believe that, nevertheless, there will be cases that can become contradictory, and it will be interesting to see how these cases will be solved.
Cheers,
R.




> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-
> bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] Per conto di McTim
> Inviato: sabato 30 agosto 2014 03:51
> A: Carlton Samuels
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> Oggetto: Re: [At-Large] News on the .health TLD allocation
> 
> As usual, Parminder fabricates a theory without resorting to facts (or
> FAQs):
> 
> http://dothealthgtld.com/faqs.html
> 
> There is absolutely zero evidence that .health will deny developing country
> entities the ability to register as long as they abide by "all applicable laws".
> 
> rgds,
> 
> McTim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Carlton Samuels
> <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Quite the truth.  "Trust us' does have it downside. Parminder has
> > identified one of them.  So-called local marks are also outliers in
> > this game.
> >
> > Carlton
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> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:29 PM, parminder
> > <parminder at itforchange.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Friday 29 August 2014 09:02 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear Rosa,
> > >>
> > >> thank you very much for this follow-up. Yes indeed, we have seen
> > >> this allocation.
> > >> I note that the successful applicant will enforce restrictions, or
> > >> at least police applications, in order to reduce the likelyhood of
> > >> fake pharmacies using the zone.
> > >>
> > >
> > > And of course, for a US based organisations, a fake, or less than
> > > fully fine, pharmacy will be a third world organisation selling
> > > generic cheap drugs, that are perfectly legal both in that country
> > > and any another
> > third
> > > world country that it may sell to, but which may not meet the extra
> > > ordinarily high intellectual property standards of the US, designed
> > > to benefit the rich, and against the poor... The global techno
> > > structures become the new international law, in the manner of the
> > > famous saying
> > that '
> > > code is law'. while the civil society community around these key
> > governance
> > > functions seem least bothered... parminder
> > >
> > >
> > >  It would be interesting to see performance
> > >> metrics of such enforcement a few years down the line.
> > >> Kindest regards,
> > >>
> > >> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> > >> ALAC Chair
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 28/08/2014 13:56, Rosa Delgado wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Dear Olivier and Dev,
> > >>>
> > >>> Perhaps you have already heard about this news but just in case,
> > >>> pls find below an interesting link.
> > >>> Thank you a lot for the support shown through the Objections filed
> > >>> by the ALAC All the best, Rosa Delgado
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> *Straat-backed bidder beats Donuts and Afilias to .health*
> > >>> DotHealth has won the four-way contention set for the
> > >>> controversial new gTLD .health.
> > >>>
> > >>> http://domainincite.com/17207-straat-backed-bidder-beats-
> > >>> donuts-and-afilias-to-health
> > >>>
> > >>>
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