Dear all, I agree with the concerns that have been expressed regarding two letter gTLD registrations. The current protection of two letter codes has set a precedent, is understood by internet users and provides a dedicated space for national identities. Changing this, changes the fundamental structure that end users are used to and will create confusion. As others have already said there is also the risk of new country codes clashing with two letter stings that have been allocated as gTLDs which would have serious consequences. Kind regards, Laura Hutchison Policy Executive T: +44 (0) 1865 332242 M: +44 (0)7931 384082 E: laurah@nominet.org.uk<mailto:laurah@nominet.org.uk> W: www.nominet.org.uk<http://www.nominet.org.uk/> Nominet UK is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England under No. 3203859. Our registered office is Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, England. From: ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kalchev Sent: 03 June 2015 18:48 To: Joke Braeken Cc: ctn-crosscom@icann.org Subject: Re: [Ctn-crosscom] Next meeting Dear colleagues, I would too like to highlight this issue. Specifically, RFC1591 says "IANA is not in the business to determine what is and what is not a country". Assigning a two letter code to a gTLD will essentially make the ISO list obsolete/ignored. This might have many other implications, Daniel Kalchev Sent from my iPhone On 2.06.2015 г., at 13:06, Joke Braeken <Joke.Braeken@eurid.eu<mailto:Joke.Braeken@eurid.eu>> wrote: Dear all, I share Annebeth’s concerns. - The clear distinction between ccTLDs and gTLDs, based on TLD length, is lost, once opening up 2-letters as gTLDs. This will increase the end-user confusion. After all, the legal frameworks governing ccTLDs and gTLDs are different. - having a 2-character gTLD assigned, which might correspond to the 2-letter code of a potential future country, will disadvantage said country Best regards. Joke Braeken (Ms) External Relations Deputy Manager EURid Woluwelaan 150 1831 Diegem - Belgium TEL.: +32 (0) 2 401 27 50 DIRECT: +32 (0) 2 401 30 14 MOB.:+32 (0) 473 779 559 joke.braeken@eurid.eu<mailto:joke.braeken@eurid.eu> http://www.eurid.eu<http://www.eurid.eu/> [facebook_icon_email]<https://www.facebook.com/EUregistry><image002.png><https://twitter.com/Euregistry> <image003.jpg> From: ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org<mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Annebeth Lange Sent: dinsdag 2 juni 2015 10:03 To: Jordi Iparraguirre; ctn-crosscom@icann.org<mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Ctn-crosscom] Next meeting Hi all, Thanks for all the comments. I have added another argument under option 3 to hightlight the risks opening up for 2-letters for gTLDs. I understand that these brand owners would like to have their brand as domain name, but in my view this will ruin the system with the distinction between ccTLDs and gTLDs and discriminate possible new countries in the future. Kind regards, Annebeth Annebeth B. Lange Head of Legal and Policy UNINETT Norid AS C. J. Hambros plass 2 c NO-0164 OSLO annebeth.lange@uninett.no<mailto:annebeth.lange@uninett.no> Mobile: +47 959 11 559 From: "Jordi Iparraguirre .cat" <jordi@iparraguirre.cat<mailto:jordi@iparraguirre.cat>> Date: Tuesday 2 June 2015 09:44 To: "ctn-crosscom@icann.org<mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org>" <ctn-crosscom@icann.org<mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [Ctn-crosscom] Next meeting Hi and apologies for not being able to join the last conference. Option 3 is an interesting one. I've added a couple of risks to it as I think there is a risk of consumer confusion and brand overlapping. Attached previous (Grigori+Colin) doc + my edits. Thanks jordi El 01/06/15 a les 21:04, Colin O'Brien ha escrit: Hello all, I have added an additional option to Grigori’s document. I feel there should be an option that allows the owners of 2 character trademarks to operate closed brand registries as long as there is no conflict with ISO 3166-1. Cordially, Colin *From:*ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org<mailto:*ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Lars Hoffmann *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:36 AM *To:* ctn-crosscom@icann.org<mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org> *Subject:* [Ctn-crosscom] Next meeting Dear all, Apologies for the late email, but due to a number of scheduling issues we will cancel next week’s call. Instead we will resume our calls on Monday 8 June at 20:00 UTC (local times <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CWG+Country+and+Territory+Names+-+WG+Call&iso=20150608T19&p1=1440&ah=1><http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CWG+Country+and+Territory+Names+-+WG+Call&iso=20150608T19&p1=1440&ah=1%3e>). A detailed agenda will follow. This also means, that there will be more time for participants to send back their views on the 2-letter code options. I have attached all documents received so far. In time for the next meeting I will send out a collated document. Please note, if you send a document please feel free to post directly to the list, I will collate it from there. Many thanks and best wishes, Lars ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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