[NCSG-Discuss] Independent Objector Weighs In on "closed/private" tlds

[Kathy Kleiman]

Congratulations to Argentina on all three pieces of excellent news!
Kathy

:
> In Latin America (which now has a Pope to call her own!), we are happy 
> that .amazon and .patagonia were included in the objections. The full 
> list of 24 objections is here:
>
> http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/news/
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 03/15/2013 11:17 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> I just read the IO's comments and it appeared to me that he will NOT 
>> object to any closed generics simply because they are closed. He also 
>> refuted rather decisively the notion that a term such as .BOOK could 
>> be objected to on community grounds, because there is not really a 
>> book community but a variety of interests.
>>
>> As for your last question (Which applications has he objected to?  
>> anyone know?) It is indeed somewhat confusing. The IO site does not 
>> have a clear, simple list of which specific strings/applications have 
>> been objected to, afaict
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>> McTim
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:23 PM
>>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Independent Objector Weighs In on
>>> "closed/private" tlds
>>>
>>> HI Robin,
>>>
>>> It is not surprising to me that the IO will object to any "closed"
>>> gTLD  just becasue they are "closed".
>>>
>>> However, the last line contains a bit of a shocker:
>>>
>>> "The objections I have just filed are based on such assessments."
>>>
>>> Which applications has he objected to?  anyone know?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-issue
>>>> -of-closed-generic-gtlds/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> McTim
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>