<div dir="ltr">they applied to ICANN for a TLD for catalan language and culture. ICANN asked the governments of spain and andorra whether they had any objections and both responded that they did not object.<div><br></div><div>v</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Oleksandr Pastukhov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opastukhov@sec.research.um.edu.mt" target="_blank">opastukhov@sec.research.um.edu.mt</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>Could someone please enlighten me on how they managed to get
their own TLD in the first place?</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>Alex<br>
</p><div><div class="h5">
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<div class="m_5393693694245246045moz-cite-prefix">On 24-Sep-17 11:29 AM, Borka Jerman
Blazic wrote:<br>
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Dan, thanks for the information. I propose all ISOC chapters to
express a support to
<br>
Ctalanonian chapter in their fight in preventing political
intervention in providing
<br>
basic Internet services like TLD blocking. TLD "CAT" is recognized
and available
<br>
for many years and blocking the services and websites with that
domain is not acceptable at all,
<br>
especially not in EU where human rights where access to Internet
is recognizes as part of
<br>
them by UN, is respected as the highest value of the European
society.
<br>
<br>
With regards,
<br>
<br>
Borka
<br>
<br>
ISOC SI
<br>
<br>
Christian de Larrinaga je 22.9.2017 ob 18:44 napisal:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">It's a good statement.
<br>
<br>
Worth also mentioning and keeping in mind that Pep Masoliver the
<br>
technical manager for the registry operator of .cat was arrested
during
<br>
the raid by the Guardia Civile. This means the event has more
serious
<br>
implications for the technical community than if this was a
<br>
comparatively simple case of attempted or actual content
blocking by the
<br>
Spanish authorities of some or all catalan websites.
<br>
<br>
<br>
Christian
<br>
<br>
Dan York wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Chapter delegates,
<br>
<br>
FYI, yesterday we published a statement expressing our concern
about
<br>
measures taken in Spain to block access to certain websites
and,
<br>
perhaps more concerning, to require a top-level domain (TLD)
operator
<br>
to engage in content monitoring and blocking.
<br>
<br>
This is a tense time politically in Spain with an independence
<br>
referendum having been called for October 1 in the Catalonia
region
<br>
which the central Spanish government views as illegal. We do
not want
<br>
to get involved in the politics of the situation, but are
concerned by
<br>
the manner in which the Internet is being restricted. As we
have
<br>
repeatedly stated, we do not see Internet blocking / shutdowns
as
<br>
effective measures and believe they cause far more collateral
damage
<br>
to the economy and society.
<br>
<br>
Please do note that in developing this statement Frédéric
Donck and
<br>
his European Bureau team did interact directly with ISOC
Catalonia
<br>
Chapter leaders to understand the situation there.
<br>
<br>
Please do read and share our statement:
<br>
<br>
<a class="m_5393693694245246045moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2017/internet-society-statement-internet-blocking-measures-catalonia-spain/" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr>org/news/statements/2017/<wbr>internet-society-statement-<wbr>internet-blocking-measures-<wbr>catalonia-spain/</a>
<br>
<br>
<a class="m_5393693694245246045moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/es/news/declarationes/2017/declaracion-de-internet-society-sobre-medidas-de-bloqueo-de-internet-en-cataluna-espana/" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr>org/es/news/declarationes/<wbr>2017/declaracion-de-internet-<wbr>society-sobre-medidas-de-<wbr>bloqueo-de-internet-en-<wbr>cataluna-espana/</a>
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Shared on social at:
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Regards,
<br>
Dan
<br>
<br>
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