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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/22/2012 10:12 AM, Robin Gross
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      cite="mid:507807C8-6093-4983-8698-64E06052FDE4@ipjustice.org"
      type="cite">Weighing in on this issue, personally, my preference
      is for Option 1 below since no new changes have been shown to be
      needed.  There are already existing mechanisms in place that
      provide ample opportunity for these groups to protect their
      legitimate rights.  What they want is something more: global
      exclusive licensing rights - which does not exist anywhere in law,
      but the culture of ICANN is not one of asking hard questions when
      big players want special privileges.  
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      <div>So much of ICANN's energy is being drawn into this single
        tiny issue, which is really so insignificant in comparison to
        the big picture issues ICANN is facing (like pressure from govts
        and altering DNS).  And this issue was dealt with about 5 years
        ago when the Reserve Names Working Group decided these kinds of
        protections were a rat-hole and recommended against doing what
        RC/IOC now ask for.  So let's not let it waste anymore of the
        community's energy and attention on these excessive special
        privileges and let's see how the existing protection mechanisms
        play out.  Indeed there were no "bad applications" in the first
        round that needed to be stopped based on these group's
        legitimate rights.  So why is it sucking out all of ICANN's
        energy and attention?  And what is the community not facing
        because we are all focused on RC/IOC's request for special
        privileges?  So I vote for Option 1 below.</div>
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      <div>Thanks,</div>
      <div>Robin<br>
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            <div>On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Avri Doria wrote:</div>
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                        font-size:medium;">Brian Peck <<a
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                        font-size:medium;"><b>[gnso-iocrc-dt] List of
                          possible approaches for Red Cross/IOC names in
                          new gTLDS</b><br>
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                        font-size:medium;">18 July 2012 11:08:58 EDT<br>
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                    <title>List of possible approaches for Red Cross/IOC
                      names in new gTLDS</title>
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                      <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
                          style="font-size:11pt">In response to the
                          request during the last RC/IOC DT call, please
                          find below a list of possible approaches that
                          have been proposed to date for moving forward
                          in responding to the GAC proposal to protect
                          the RCRC and IOC names at the second level in
                          new gTLDS:<br>
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                        <li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica,
                            Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Maintain
                              the status quo and not provide any new
                              special protections for the RCRC/IOC names
                              (i.e., no changes to the current schedule
                              of second-level reserved names in the new
                              gTLD Registry Agreement).
                            </span></font></li>
                        <li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica,
                            Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Develop
                              recommendations to implement the GAC
                              proposal such as extending protection to
                              all or a subset of RCRC names only, all or
                              a subset of IOC names only or, to both
                              sets of each organization’s names.
                            </span></font></li>
                        <li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica,
                            Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Consider
                              the proposal to not provide any new
                              protections now and wait to see if any
                              additional protections may be necessary
                              after the delegation of the first round
                              new gTLD strings and/or consider lowering
                              costs for each organization to utilize
                              RPMs ( i.e., Thomas Rickert’s proposal)
                            </span></font></li>
                        <li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica,
                            Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Consider
                              possible additional protections for the
                              RCRC/IOC as part of a broader PDP on the
                              protection of names for international
                              organizations
                            </span></font></li>
                        <li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica,
                            Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Ask
                              ICANN General Counsel’s office to conduct
                              a legal analysis to substantiate/verify
                              whether there is clear evidence of treaty
                              law and/or statutes that would require
                              registries and registrars to protect IOC
                              and RCRC names by law.  <br>
                            </span></font></li>
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                          Please let us know if you have any questions
                          or need anything further at this time.
                           Thanks.<br>
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                          Best Regards,<br>
                          <br>
                          Brian <br>
                          <br>
                          Brian Peck<br>
                          Policy Director<br>
                          ICANN </span></font>
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