ICANN selection process related to gTLD Applications for music-themed TLDs
To Whom It May Concern, The attached PDF document represents public comment letters from all 14 A2IM board representatives (http://a2im.org), whose labels were elected by our membership to represent the U.S. Independent label community as well as additional letters from former A2IM board members and other A2IM members. Attached are my letter and letters from the chair of WIN, which represents label creators in over 20 countries (http://www.winformusic.org) and chair of the Association of Independent Music (AIM) in the U.K. ( http://musicindie.com), Alison Wenham, The Secretary General of the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which represents the European music label community (http://impalamusic.org), Helen Smith, and the President of Merlin Network, the rights licensing organization ( http://www.merlinnetwork.org), Charles Caldas. Collectively we represent the worldwide independent music label community which constitutes “a significant portion of the music community to which music-themed TLD strings may be explicitly or implicitly targeted” as outlined in my attached letter. Our thanks for your consideration of our comments. Sincerely, Rich Bengloff _________________________________________________ from the desk of... Rich Bengloff President American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM") ***PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS AS OF MARCH 1, 2013*** 132 Delancey- Second Floor New York, New York, 10002 Off 646 962 4877 cell 917 375 1371 www.a2im.org Attachment:
ICANN Intro PLus All Letters.pdf |