Re: [alac] [Fwd: [ga] VeriSign offering Chinese IDN-TLDs?? Which root??]

[Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OOH yes, sometimes it's better to plan late so as to take advantage 
of late-breaking news. This goes way beyond IDN.

Let's invite Bret to do his popular talk show format with some title like
Verisign: OOPS I Did it Again!

Oh, and while we're at it, let's be sure to register alac.hk etc... :-)

At 11:47 AM +0200 10/25/06, Annette Muehlberg recently said:
> I did not see the issue on the ICANN meeting schedule (maybe it is 
> included in some workshop) - should we organize something?
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> Best
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> Annette
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> Hong Xue wrote:
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> >  Wow! I double checked the page. It's real! Why didn't we hear any
> >  objection to this? What are ICANN going to do?
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> >  Hong
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> > http://www.verisign.com/Resources/Digital_Brand_Management_Services_Resources/Digital_Branding_Bulletin/page_039521.html#0100000A 
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> >  VeriSign Now Offering Chinese Character Extensions
> >  VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services is now offering the
> >  following Chinese character extensions:
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> >  * .íÜçë (.china)
> >  * .å?éi (.company)
> >  * .?§¬Á (.network)
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> >  Domain names cannot exceed 20 characters (each constituting element is
> >  considered as one character). For further details, please contact your
> >  VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services Account Team or Enterprise
> >  Customer Support.
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> >  On 10/25/06, Vittorio Bertola <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > >  Interesting question.
> > >
> > >
> > >  -------- Messaggio Originale --------
> > >  Oggetto: [ga] VeriSign offering Chinese IDN-TLDs?? Which root??
> > >  Data: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:15:30 -0700 (PDT)
> > >  Da: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >  A: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >  Hello,
> > >
> > >  According to:
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> > >  Verisign is offering "Chinese-character extensions", equivalent to
> > >  .china, .company, and .network.
> > >
> > >  In which root are these being offered??
> > >
> > >  Sincerely,
> > >
> > >  George Kirikos
> > >  http://www.kirikos.com/
> > >
> > >  -- vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> > >  http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...