Re: WIPO and ccTLDs (Was: RE: PAB Spam or Scam?)

["Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@psi-japan.com>]

At 03:10 11/2/98 -0500, Antony Van Couvering wrote:
>Bob,
>
>You say that "The problem of ISO-3166 ccTLDs becoming de facto gTLDs has
>been raised as a
>*major* concern at all three of the WIPO Consultations I attended."
>
>Although I may not like how .CC does their marketing, I'm not sure that I
>understand the objection.  I don't like NSI's marketing either, and I read
>yesterday that Microsoft intends to spam the entire universe to promote one
>of its products (MSN, if I recall correctly).  Is it OK to spam if you're
>Microsoft?  If they do spam, should they be disallowed from the Internet?
>
Dear Antony:

My point was (and is) that there is great concern about the unregulated and
irresponsible use of certain ccTLDs as de facto gTLDs.  The action words
are *unregulated and irresponsible*.  We are aware of several ccTLDs which
are being handled very responsibly, e.g. .IO.

CORE should make it clear that our Registrars will be operating under
principles laid down by ICANN.  There may be some limit to the *mandatory*
regulations which ICANN CAN dictate to existing ccTLD registries.  I am
sure that the better ccTLD registries will thoughtfully consider the
recommendations of ICANN.

The solicitation was clearly not a spam.  I think it was at least a bit of
a scam.

Hope you are doing well.

Personal regards,
BobC