[IDN-WG] Are Emojis a pile of poo for the DNS?

[Andy Gardner]

So after allowing people to register symbol domains in IDNA2003, and then banning them in IDNA2008, they're going to do a back-pedal and re-allow them?

What about all the previous owners who were told their domains were being phased out and were advised to let them expire?



On 14/03/2017, at 6:38 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

> Dear Satish,
> 
> thanks for your kind follow-up. You are absolutely correct. But big
> corporations like Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, appear to be seeing
> this as another potential huge market --- seeing that this has all
> originated from Japan and is huge there. This is a considerable
> commercial pressure.
> As ICANN prides itself as being private sector led, I wonder whether the
> pressure will be high enough to formalise these in the IDN LGRs?
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Olivier