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[bc-gnso] Bloomberg / BNA story on ICANN's latest Applicant Guidebook

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  • Subject: [bc-gnso] Bloomberg / BNA story on ICANN's latest Applicant Guidebook
  • From: Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:02:58 +0000

The attached article came out today.   NetChoice quotes are consistent with 
what BC has said about respecting Governments & GAC and concerns over lowering 
technical requirements for "needy" applicants.

And below is NetChoice statement on opening of the application window, which 
was picked up in Ziff Davis PC 
Mag<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398809,00.asp>, and Yahoo 
News<http://news.yahoo.com/proof-pudding-icanns-domain-expansion-netchoice-says-140214591.html>:

The Proof is in the Pudding for ICANN’s Domain Expansion

The plan to create new Internet domains could and should benefit Internet users 
and businesses, particularly those around the world who write in alphabets 
other than Latin. But ensuring that the benefits outweigh potential harms will 
depend entirely on what the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
(ICANN) does next.

“Today is a big day, but not nearly as big as what happens three months from 
now when ICANN starts selecting which domains to approve, and how to implement 
critical protections for users and businesses,” DelBianco said. “Even as it 
moves forward, ICANN must ensure that these new Internet domains are held to 
the highest possible standards of performance and integrity, so that users and 
registrants can realize the promised results.”

NetChoice, an active participant in ICANN’s Business Constituency, believes 
that this expansion plan should proceed, but has urged ICANN to continue making 
improvements – even after the application deadline opens – to ensure users are 
protected.

“ICANN has a great opportunity to prove wrong those critics who want to see 
this program scuttled or permanently delayed. But that will only happen if the 
organization remembers that protecting Internet users – and the Internet itself 
– is its top priority.”
--
Steve DelBianco
Executive Director
NetChoice
http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org
+1.202.420.7482

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