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Username:	Paul Gill
Date/Time:	Thu, August 30, 2001 at 9:52 PM GMT
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Subject:	Best Thing That Could Have Happened!
Message:
In reference to "E", there is a 'Challenge' process in place which, although has its shortcomings, does address this. Please do not defend the IPC. They are the ones who lobbied for a Sunrise period. In fact, they proposed this to ICANN back in June of 2000 as a requirement for any future gTLD's. There was a public comment period on this ICANN Public Forum board where we are now posting. An overwhelming consesus developed against this proposal and ICANN rejected the IPC sunrise requirement for future gTLD's (mainly due to the same reasoning as that Gary Anderson who often educates us about on this forum). ICANN then left it up to applicants to address how best to protect trademark holders rights in their application for new gTLD's in November 2000. The winning bids (Neulevel's .biz and Afilias's .info both did this in different ways). Afilias chose a Sunrise which they knew was unfair because they wanted to win a gTLD. This is one of the things ICANN really liked about the Afilias application. So really, all this is ICANN's fault. But in the long term, this Sunrise fiasco happening now is a good thing...there will never be a Sunrise for trademark holders again. We will make sure of this.

Message Thread:

• If IPC recommendations were followed, we would not have this mess — DomeBase, August 30 @ 9:30 PM (3/7)
• NOT REALLY. — badregistrars, August 31 @ 5:02 AM (0/0)
• Why was the advice of experts ignored and safeguards not put in place when the consequences — antipodes, August 30 @ 11:55 PM (0/0)
• Best Thing That Could Have Happened! — Paul Gill, August 30 @ 9:52 PM (2/4)
• "We will make sure of this."? Oh, the arrogance. — Slicer, August 31 @ 1:03 AM (1/2)
• The Loser's Back — Paul Gill, August 31 @ 1:13 AM (1/1)
• Slicer is  an ICANN pollitburo squatter — Anion, August 31 @ 4:44 AM (0/0)
• With closed TLDs - no problems — Garry Anderson, August 30 @ 11:18 PM (0/0)

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