[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: Why is "Marketing ccTLDs as generics" on NC Agenda?

[J. William Semich]

Thank you very much,Vany.

Yes, this does clarify my question - the agenda item is not about ccTLDs at 
all, as I now understand it.

Best regards,

Bill Semich

At 06:41 AM 10/4/01 -0700, Vany Martinez wrote:
>Hi William:
>
>The title of the agenda was a misunderstanding of
>Philip about the subject I want to talk about.
>
>The changes will be posted soon.
>
>The title of such agenda item will be:
>
>"TLDs not created by ICANN: an attempt to expand the
>domain name space or creates confusion."
>
>As you may know, there are some companies that are
>marketing TLDs as .TRAVEL, . GAMES, .KIDS, etc, and
>what they really do is to masquerade an actual domain
>in order to resolve domains under such TLDs.  This
>means that only the users that has the proper software
>or the users under an ISP that has setted up their
>networks to resolve such domain names, will be able to
>resolve such names.
>
>This affects all sectors in some way of another...What
>the NCDNHC will do if an organization applies to be a
>member of the NCDNCH and when we ask them what is your
>domain, they answer something like:
>myorganization.NGO ?
>How can we protect the rights of the non-commercial
>sector that is ignorant of what's going on.
>
>Perhaps, there are others that have more authority
>than me to talk about ccTLDs marketed as gTLDs.  I
>must say that those who was in Montevideo listened the
>exposition of concerns about such issue by .BIZ in
>relation with .BZ.   I don't know if they want to talk
>about this issue again in the teleconference.
>
>Hope this clarifies.
>
>Best Regards
>Vany
>
>
>
>--- "J. William Semich" <bill at mail.nic.nu> wrote:
> > Hello;
> >
> > Perhaps I missed the discussion on the Noncommercial
> > Constituency
> > (NCC)  list of the following proposed NC agenda item
> > for the teleconference
> > on Oct 11:
> >
> > " 8. Marketing ccTLDs as generics - Vany (10 mins)"
> >
> > But I would expect that if Vany is discussing this
> > issue, the members of
> > the NCC have requested it. Can someone please point
> > me to a place where the
> > discussion of this topic is archived, or otherwise
> > explain the purpose of
> > the NCC putting this on the NC meeting's agenda? In
> > other words, what's it
> > all about?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill Semich
> > President
> > Internet Users Society - Niue
> > .NU Domain
> > www.niue.nu
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>=====
>Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
>Information Technology Specialist
>Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
>http://www.sdnp.org.pa e-mail: vany at sdnp.org.pa
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