Hi Hedeer:We appreciate your wonderful comments regarding our proposal.
Your message makes clear that you have reviewed the proposal with care.
Your single
question is about a “certain ambiguity.” Our team is thrilled to continue the
dialogue as follows:
First note: As you know from reading our posting carefully,
our .kids proposal is very unique in that it harnesses our particular technology
with our belief in a free and open Internet, to arrive at a method that lights up
“green pathways” for kids (and others) on the real Web. Each parent chooses
which of the various rating systems should be employed and thus chooses each child’s
path. Teens may surf more freely than their younger siblings. We aren’t
segmenting anything; we’re lighting the path.
The magic behind this proposal is
our commitment to work with ICANN, governments, and private interest groups to include
different and expanding numbers of rating systems, and our technology enabling us
to do so. For example, ICRA may have the right solution for some cultures;
other families may prefer a set of standards established by their faith; others may
follow their country’s standards. Such standards will evolve and multiply over
time. This requires that the Registry be responsive to such change and encourage
global participation.
You note in your closing remark that the “process of refinements”
begins after the our proposal is chosen, and that our “willingness to cooperate with
ICANN and other international organizations can be used as a role model for other
companies.” We absolutely agree. The refinements not only begin, but
also must continue indefinitely into the future after our proposal is selected.
Thus, our proposal is not ambiguous. Rather, it recognizes that for the
sake of the Internet itself, the .kid domain must accept constant refinements made
by standard-setting organizations, and must foster global communication under the
politics of inclusion. If we were to define our personal views of “indecent”
content, we would have stepped outside the bounds of our proposal. It is the
user’s view, not ours, that matters.
Our intent is to present to ICANN a model
in which the willingness and
capability exists to expand and bring forth the overall
value we have
projected.
--The DotKids, Inc. team