On 30 July 2010 13:21, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@gmail.com> wrote:
It is good that ccTLDs are not strictly confined to their respective countries. In a scenario of ccTLD being rigidly registered to users / companies belonging to their respective nations, there would be greater room for filtering / discrimination. One country might simply block websites of a certain other country. It would pave the way for a network or national networks which isn't really a good thing to happen.
Well, that is already happening in that some countries block .il Are you suggesting that if .il was to open itself to registrants located outside Israel, the blocking will disappear? I find that doubtful. The blocking may not be a good thing but it's within a country's sovereign right, regardless of what ICANN does or wants. As you can imagine, this "feature" has also become part of the discussion on the Morality and Public Order clauses of the new gTLD process, - Evan