[ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN proposal would continue geographic domain name freeze

[David Corish]

Chris,

When you refer to "geographic", you mean country names, correct?  I don't
think city names are frozen or reserved.

Dave Corish
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Chiu <CCHIU at aclu.org>
To: NCC Discuss list (E-mail) <discuss at icann-ncc.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: [ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN proposal would continue geographic domain
name freeze


>ICANN is proposing to continue its ban on the registration of geographic
and
>geopolitical names in the .info domain at least until March 2002. This
>proposal comes despite a recent report from the World Intellectual Property
>Organization that cautioned against extending intellectual property-style
>protections to such terms within the domain name system. The proposal does
>suggest that WIPO representatives be included in a special "discussion
>group" to "explore appropriate ways of addressing the short-term issue of
>the disposition of the 327 ... temporarily 'frozen' .info names."
>
>See
>http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
>Sincerely,
>Christopher Chiu
>Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
>American Civil Liberties Union
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