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- To: "3gtld-guide@xxxxxxxxx" <3gtld-guide@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: .bayern Comments to DAG3
- From: Adina Reichardt <a.reichardt@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:19:06 +0100
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<div>Dear Sirs:</div>
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<div>Our non-for-profit, charitable and open association dotBayern® e.V. has
invented the proposal and concept for a .bayern® top-level domain already in
2006. The .bayern TLD is intended to server the Bavarian community including
individuals, organizations
and the Federal State of Bavaria by its own identity on the Internet. We are
supported by Bavarian individuals and organizations and are in talks with the
Bavarian and German government in order to support our initiative. For the 3rd
Draft Applicant Guidebook</div>
<div>(DAG3) we would like to submit the following comments:</div>
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<div>Geo Names need to be protected</div>
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<div>Even if have been noted as separate category in DAG3 worldwide known
geographic names like BAYERN or BAVARIA are in need for a stronger protection
against copycats. As we understand DAG3 it is still possible to file an
application for .bayern if the applicant
is a company somewhere.</div>
<div>This is not acceptable.</div>
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<div>Please reduce the Evaluation Fees and Annual Fees</div>
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<div>The economic perspective of the .bayern top-level domain is likely
comparable to a ccTLD which has a similar sized community. In comparison to the
low entrance fees for ccTLDs to the DNS by delegation the economic burden for
small GeoTLDs with US$ 185,000
evaluation fees and at least US$ 25,000 annual fees is far too high.</div>
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<div>Creating Competition do not mean Lower Prices for Domains</div>
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<div>Price competition is not necessarily associated with lower domain prices;
it is also a question of the added value a new domain name offers. If a
Bavarian based pretzel shop can reach a better search engine position with a
US$ 50.00 <a href="http://www.brezel.bayern";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>www.brezel.bayern</u></font></a>
than with a US$ 20.00 <a href="http://www.brezel-online.net";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>www.brezel-online.net</u></font></a> then the initially more
expensive .bayern domain name offers huge cost saving at the end of the day.
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<div>There is a clear Demand for GeoTLDs</div>
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<div>Geo TLDs are always mixed up with other new gTLDs in the discussion on
economic parameters. First of all the studies the German Internet Association
eco has conducted show that e.g. 80% of businesses would be interested to
register a .bayern domain name.
Secondly we do not see any economic consultant or ICANN in the position to
decide if the Federal State of Bavaria should have a demand for its own
identity. It should just simply be mentioned in the upcoming economic studies
that there is a significant demand
of cities, cultural, linguistic and geographic regions for their own TLD.</div>
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<div>New gTLD Applicants need a Timeline!</div>
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<div>We urge ICANN to proceed with the introduction of new gTLDs. Arguments on
this topic have been articulated on plenty occasions by new gTLD prospects and
other members of the ICANN community, we do not want to repeat them here.</div>
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<div>Adina Reichardt</div>
<div>Co-Chair of .bayern</div>
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<div>dotBayern e.V.</div>
<div>Nymphenburger Str. 5</div>
<div>80335 München</div>
<div>Tel +49 89 5203 1342</div>
<div>Fax +49 89 5203 1399</div>
<div><a href="mailto:bahmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>bahmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx</u></font></a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.dotbayern.de";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>www.dotbayern.de</u></font></a> / <a
href="http://www.punktbayern.de";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>www.punktbayern.de</u></font></a> / <a
href="http://www.bayerndomain.org";><font
color="#0000FF"><u>www.bayerndomain.org</u></font></a>
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<div>Vorstand: Rechtsanwalt Dr. Markus Bahmann (Vorsitz) und RA Adina
Reichardt</div>
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<div>Sitz des Vereins: München | Vereinsregister München Nr. 201925</div>
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