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

["Dan Dougherty" <danieldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would likewise be interested in any data, but the absence of any such
hard data does not diminish the concerns raised by Avri.  It is
important and needs to be considered.

Thanks,

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-idn-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-idn-wg@xxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Will Rodger
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:45 PM
To: Avri Doria
Cc: gnso-idn-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-idn-wg] Issues list item

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