[ncdnhc-discuss] Country names under .info

[Adam Peake]

fwiw, korea.com sold for about $5million a couple of years ago.

But GAC's point wasn't about people trying to profit from a country 
name, it was (among other things) about the utility to a country, 
particularly developing nations, of using that name. I thought Paul 
Twomey's explanation pretty reasonable - recommend all listen to the 
real audio 
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/montevideo/archive/agenda-pf-090901.html>

Adam


>Vany,
>Can you provide a single example of a registrant that has
>tried to sell the name of a country after registering it?
>I know that some cities have tried to steal the name away from
>legitimate travel businesses or tour companies.
>
>Under the UDRP, such attempts are grounds for name
>transfer - IF the complaining party can prove that they
>have some kind of rights in a name. The problem is, most
>countries do NOT "own" their name, and many of us think
>that they SHOULD NOT own their name.
>
>Are you aware of the fact that geographic or country names
>canbe used for many different legitimate purposes?
>For example, the word "unitedstates" could be the name
>of blue jeans or hats or a virtual space in a video game.
>
>I would also note that your position conflicts with the
>resolution passed by the NCDNHC at the Stockholm
>meeting, where the constituency as a whole was very
>critical of the WIPO-2 plan to create new rights in names.
>
>>>>  vany_martinez at yahoo.com 10/02/01 04:18PM >>>
>Raul:
>
>Thank you fror bring this to our attention.
>
>I have read the resolution made by the ICANN Board in
>Montevideo.
>
>Such resolution inidcates that following the next 30
>days after the date of the issuance of such a
>resolution, the President of the ICANN Board will
>propose a plan to accomplish their resolution
>regarding reservation of country and geographical
>names both already registered and not registered yet.
>
>Please read again
>http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-10sep01.htm
>for clarification.
>
>
>Now, my personal comments:
>
>In a previous e-mail I have stated that I wasn't agree
>with GAC intentions of reserving country names inside
>.info to use at discretion of governments.
>
>However, and watching the abuse that such names of
>countries can be subjected, for example, that
>companies registers such domain name with the only
>goal to sell it later to a government (or worst, to
>the best bidder!!!), then I prefer GAC approach
>regarding this subject. 
>
>Raul, again, thank you for bring this to our
>attention.
>
>Best Regards
>Vany
>
>
>
>
>--- raul at inia.org.uy wrote:
>>
>>  Dear colleagues:  
>>
>>  Could anybody explain me why the country names like
>>  uruguay, brasil, mexico and
>>  most of the countries are in the .info database as a
>>  registered names if all of
>>  them are in the list of reserved names (as resolved
>>  by the ICANN board in
>>  Montevideo)?
>>
>>  Other question is why there are different varieties
>>  of some country's names
>>  like Brasil and Brazil and there are not varieties
>>  of other country's names in
>>  the list of reserved words ?
>>
>>
>>
>>  Excuse me for my ingnorance, but I'd like to
>>  understand it.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Raul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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