Business Constituency comment on Closed Generic TLDs

[Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Attached is submission of the Business Constituency (BC) regarding ICANN's call 
for comments on "closed generic" TLDs.

This comment period was discussed during a BC member call on 12-Feb-2013.

BC members were given a 3-page history of the BC's prior positions in support 
of restricted TLDs, starting in 2007 with sponsored TLDs, and then in 2009 for 
dot-brand TLDs. (See Appendix A of attachment).

As described in the attached document, a poll was sent to BC members on 17-Feb, 
describing 3 distinct outcomes that could result from different interpretations 
of the Registry Code of Conduct.

Because there was not significant support for any of the poll outcomes, the BC 
is not submitting a recommendation on closed generics.  Instead, the attached 
document repeats prior BC positions and summarizes our recent discussion of 
this topic.

The BC will watch the progress of this issue and remains ready to answer 
questions from ICANN board and staff.

Steve DelBianco
Vice chair for policy coordination
Business Constituency

Attachment: BC Comment on Closed Generic TLDs.pdf
Description: BC Comment on Closed Generic TLDs.pdf