On 04/11/2015 14:17, Alan Greenberg wrote:
In the regulatory section, I would still like to see language that explicitly says that the unique identifiers themselves are deemed to not be "content".
Alan, If you read the clause carefully, you will see that it does not say that ICANN cannot regulate Internet content; that's just a loose paraphrasing some people have been using in conversation. Instead, it says that ICANN "shall not regulate services that use the Internet's unique identifiers, or the content that such services carry or provide." So the target of that exclusion is not "content" but "services" and "the content that such services carry or provide". This neatly avoids the question of whether domain names are content, because even if they are, they are still outside the reach of that exclusion. Malcolm. -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd Monument Place, 24 Monument Street, London EC3R 8AJ Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA