NCSG input on request for special privileges for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains

[Joly MacFie]

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On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Michael Haffely <ncuc at jollyrogers.com>wrote:

> I am a little put off by this proposal.  If the IOC and Red Cross are
> allowed as philanthropic organizations to grab second level domains, who is
> to judge which second level domains should be protected? Why shouldn't Médecins
> Sans Frontières be accorded this status?  What about Jimmie's Little League
> Fund raising organization?  It would seem that if approved future petitions
> would be harder to reject by the GAC as the structure for exception would
> have been created.
>
> As detailed in the appendix of the GAC Proposal numerous laws and
> legislation exist regarding the Red Cross and the IOC's brand.  As these
> laws exist I would prefer to see these organizations use them instead of
> trying to fundamentally twist internet governance to their whim.  The
> existing TLD's have functioned without this kind of "more equal" status
> accorded to organizations and should stay as such.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
>
>> I would be curious to know what the NCSG membership thinks about this
>> proposal from GAC to give special privileges to the Red Cross and
>> International Olympic Committee in the top-level domain name space.
>>
>> The GNSO Council will have to vote on this proposal soon, so some
>> awareness and input from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group on the
>> underlying issue would be very helpful.
>>
>>
>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Robin Gross
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
>> *Date: *September 19, 2011 11:07:42 AM PDT
>> *To: *liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
>> *Subject: **[liaison6c] GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red
>> Cross/Red Crescent*
>>
>> FYI
>> ** **
>> Dear Councillors,****
>> ** **
>> The advice provided  by the GAC  has been posted on page :
>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence****
>> ** **
>> And can be directly viewed at
>>
>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf
>>
>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf
>> ****
>> ** **
>> Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows:**
>> **
>> *Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)*
>> As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed
>> a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained
>> the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):****
>> Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:****
>> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm****
>> Incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red
>> Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application
>> round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global
>> public interest.****
>> The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent
>> by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some
>> guidance:
>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf****
>> On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing
>> advice on this topic:****
>> GAC advice:****
>> 1) possible UDRP<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf>
>> ****
>> 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf>
>> ****
>> The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action,
>> starting with an answer to the GAC.****
>> 11.1 Discussion
>> 11.2 Next steps****
>> Thank you very much.****
>> Kind regards,****
>> ** **
>> Glen****
>> ** **
>> ** **
>> Glen de Saint Géry****
>> GNSO Secretariat****
>> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org****
>> http://gnso.icann.org****
>> ** **
>> ** **
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>> IP JUSTICE
>> Robin Gross, Executive Director
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