The following is drawn from the proposed agreements for the new "unsponsored" gTLDs
(.pro, .name, .info, .biz).
"3.8.2. Registry Operator shall apply, monitor, and
enforce the restrictions on registration in the Registry TLD established by ICANN
in the manner established by ICANN. Appendix L sets forth the restrictions to be
applied initially and Appendix M sets forth the manner by which these restrictions
shall be applied, monitored, and enforced. Changes to the restrictions and the manner
of their application, monitoring, and enforcement may be made only with the mutual
written consent of ICANN and Registry Operator (which neither party shall withhold
without reason) or in the manner provided in Subsections 4.3 through 4.6. [This Subsection
applies to restricted TLDs only]"For these gTLDs, registration restrictions are
permissible within the terms of the agreement (as one would expect), with the exception
of .info of course, and as expected http://www.icann.org/melbourne/new-tld-agreements-topic.htm
shows no Appendix L or Appendix M for the .info agreement. Now, the existing registry
agreement for .com, .net and .org is at: http://www.icann.org/nsi/nsi-registry-agreement-04nov99.htm This
agreement contains no mention of such appendices or any provision, analogous to that
quoted above, for future restrictions.
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