Re: [gtld-council] modifications to new gTLD recommendations #3 and 6

[Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The proposed Rec #6 doesn't explicitly encourage ICANN to regulate 
morality and public order as the current #6 does.  However, these types 
of legal restrictions are still included within the scope of in the 
proposed wording.  So it doesn't wreck it all - those legally valid 
objections are still within scope.
Thanks,
Robin


philip.sheppard@xxxxxx wrote:

> We cannot support these changes without checking externally.
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> Further, the absence of the phrase public and morality is an ommission in
> the proposed change to 6 that makes this in effect a wrecking amendment.
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> Philip
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> > NCUC proposes the following modifications to new gTLD recommendations #3
> > and 6:
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> > Rec. 3:
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> > The process for selecting strings must not infringe existing legal
> > rights that are enforceable under internationally recognized principles
> > of law or the applicant's national law.
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> > Examples of these legal rights that are internationally recognized
> > include, but are not limited to, rights defined in the Paris Convention
> > for the Protection of Industrial Property (in particular trademark
> > rights), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International
> > Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (in particular freedom of
> > expression rights).
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> > Rec 6:
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> > Strings must not be contrary to legal norms that are enforceable under
> > generally accepted and internationally recognized principles of law.
> > Taking into account the aforementioned limitations, no application shall
> > be rejected solely because the applicant or string is associated with an
> > unpopular or controversial point of view.
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