Re: [gnso-idn-wg] Issues list item

[Will Rodger <wrodger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Avri Doria wrote:
> 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.


Do we have hard data on this from the past? I fear ICANN is already 
struggling under the weight of the rules it has.

Will