FROM PARIS -- (STILL MUST HAVE BEEN FINE WINES TO COST $10M) must have been very good meals $10m

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond [ocl () gih com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:07 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] must have been very good meals $10m

Dave,

Hello from the ICANN Paris conference floor. I am just an ordinary
participant here, but I'd rather provide you with first hand information
rather than the distorted and frenzied view that seem to have been generated
by other channels.

Before this whole thing about creating thousands of gTLDs gets out of hand,
I would therefore like to attempt to nip this mis-information in the bud, if
you will allow me to do so. You might see portions of this text elsewhere
because I have posted similar (unofficial) rebuttals in other discussions.

Just a moment ago, before the audience, the ICANN Board has voted
unanimously to approve the motion to create more gTLDs.

Having been present at all the debates, my feeling is that there are three
broad camps in existence:

1. People who are concerned about endangering the stability of the DNS
through introduction of too many gTLDs
2. Registrars/registries who are looking forward to the new gTLDs and seeing
this as a new business opportunity
3. Registrars/registries who are seeing the creation of new gTLDs as a
threat to their own business model by seeing a reduced marketspace for their
already established gTLDs

The problem is that all of these groups might be right. The various ICANN
Working Groups seem to have taken everybody's point into account.

Unfortunately the other thing that seems to have taken root especially with
the Press is that there might be a landrush and ICANN will give away (or
rather sell) thousands of TLDs, a bucket at a time. This is incorrect.
Lengthy procedures will be used to qualify new registrars and this includes
the payment of a hefty sum of money. An auction process will be in place for
the most commonly asked for gTLDs, arbitration procedures of applications
will take place etc. It is a gigantic task but I am convinced that ICANN
will not rush into making mistakes by going too fast. The main threat might
well come from litigation brought forward by the more militant new
applicants.

ICANN is proceeding very cautiously on this process. Very competent Board
Members have voiced their concern which has been taken into account. All
ICANN communities have had their say. Do not expect an opening of the flood
gates. Do not expect cheap TLDs. Do not expect millions of TLDs. If anybody
tells you otherwise, don't believe them... for now.

ICANN's core mission is "Preserving and enhancing the operational stability,
reliability, security, and global interoperability of the Internet" - this
has been in everybody's mind all week.

Kind regards,

Olivier

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Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, Ph.D.
E-mail:<ocl () gih com>
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html & http://www.nsrc.org/codes/country-codes.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
To: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: [IP] must have been very good meals $10m


> from bbc on icann domain proposal
>
> "
>
> Under the new plans hundreds of new domain names could be created by the
> end of the year, rising to thousands in the future.
>
> Individuals will be able to register a domain based on their own name, or
> any other string of letters, as long as they can show a "business plan and
> technical capacity".
>
> Companies will also be able to bid for addresses based on their brand
> names, although some believe they maybe faced with too much choice.
>
> "Does Tesco want .supermarket or .groceries?" said Graham Hales, of
> branding consultancy Interbrand.
>
> "Or maybe it wants .value or .everylittlehelps. The choice is endless."
>
> This never ending list of potential web real estate could cause problems,
> believes Jay Scott Evans, former chair of Icann's intellectual property
> division and senior legal advisor for Yahoo.
>
> "Why should brand owners have to invest huge amounts of money to protect
> their brands," he said.
>
> It is a view echoed by Geoff Wicks, chief executive of NBT, owner of the
> domain name registry Netnames.
> ...
> Dr Twomey said: "If there is a dispute, we will try and get the parties
> together to work it out. But if that fails there will be an auction and
> the domain will go to the highest bidder."
>
> he move could yet be blocked as the independent arbitration panel can
> reject domains based on "morality or public order" grounds.
>
> Dr Twomey said Icann was still working through how much the application
> fee to register a domain name would be, but it is expected to be at least
> several thousand dollars.
>
> "We are doing this on a cost recovery basis. We've already spent $10m on
> this," he said. "
>
>
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