[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY PUBLIC FORUM - Connecting .nyc - Wed 5/21

[Chris Grundemann]

I have some initial questions from members of the Colorado chapter:

Has ICANN made any fromal decision to allow these city TLDs yet,
either in 'prototype' or 'standard' guise?

Has any decision been made on how to issue these and on how / who can
use them?  In more detail; there are many common city names and a
large number of duplicates around the world.  My assumption is that
size and age of the city will need to come into play but what will the
specific requirements / standards be to determine who gets what TLD?
Following that logic, what mechanisms have been thought of or put in
place for usage restrictions.  The value of these new local geo TLDs
is that they represent a single community so I would think that value
is harmed if the TLD is missused (even with good intentions).  For
example, what if people in Paris, TX, USA begin to register .paris
domains?

I think most of us know and believe that the current organizations who
have been fighting for city TLDs for the past few years have the best
intentions.  Still, once the genie is out of the bottle, will this
open the door for miscreants to capitalize on registrants and other
innocent bystanders?  Possible issues such as domain squatting,
phishing scams, etc come to mind readily.

Thank you to anyone who has insight or information!
~Chris



On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Hans P. Dittler
<hpdittler at braintec-consult.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Alejandro has asked:
>>use to promote its idea. Many in the chapters will be coming in contact
>
>>with similar ideas being touted for other cities and would benefit from
>
>>the in-depth discussion.
>
> By chance I am member of the .berlin advisory board.
> The .berlin initiative was to my knowledge the first city-based
> want-to-be TLD to start hammering at the doors of ICANN.
> If there are any questions about .berlin and the background, please let
> me know.
>
>
> Hans Peter Dittler
> Member of the board
> ISOC.DE
> Internet Society German Chapter e.V
>
>
>
>
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