Casa del Libro Oviedo opposes any applications for a closed generic gTLD

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Dear Sirs.
Our bookstore, Casa del Libro at Oviedo (c/Arturo Álvarez Buylla, 7) 
strongly opposes any applications for a ?closed generic? gTLD, especially 
if submitted by commercial entities operating in a sector of activity 
related to the closed generic gTLD.
In the case of a closed generic gTLD .book, the exclusivity granted to the 
winning applicant would de facto strengthen the position of the biggest 
bidder to have sole use of the gTLD in the book industry and would 
therefore be anti-competitive, discourage innovation and new entrants and 
be detrimental to the industry as a whole.
We are therefore asking ICANN not to offer for sale a generic gTLD for 
.book and other similar words in general usage.
Yours faithfully,
Xurde Portilla Lejarza
Director Casa del Libro Oviedo 
C/Arturo Álvarez Buylla, 7, 33005 Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain


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