[gnso-idn-wg] Issues list item

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

There is one issue related to IDNs that has been tickling at me and I  
am not sure where it fits.  I am even not sure to what extent the  
issue is different in IDNs then in non-IDNs

I am concerned about the possible name-grab by Northern speculators  
of all the best IDN TLDs and SLDs in scripts/alphabets used mostly in  
Southern areas.

I understand that from some aspects this may be no different then  
investments done in current non-IDN domain names.  However, given the  
economic predominance and experience of Northern investors, I am  
concerned that the initial  name-grab  could push many language  
communities into a new form of 'name imperialism', where the  
linguistic resources that should be available to all members of a  
language community would be dominated by a small set of business  
interests.

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