Bulgarian application for IDN ccTLD refused?
Interesting thread on the civil society Internet governance list about Bulgaria's requerst for a fast track ccTLD being refused. Apparently .бг was considered likely to cause confusion with .br (Brazil.) See the archive at <http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2010-05/msg00143.html> Can anyone from ISOC Bulgaria comment? I don't really understand, on a lot of levels. Thanks, Adam
Adam, Le 30/05/2010 14:29, Adam Peake a écrit :
Interesting thread on the civil society Internet governance list about Bulgaria's requerst for a fast track ccTLD being refused. Apparently .бг was considered likely to cause confusion with .br (Brazil.) See the archive at <http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2010-05/msg00143.html>
Can anyone from ISOC Bulgaria comment?
I don't really understand, on a lot of levels.
I've been following this discussion too - and noticed the usual suspects re: IDNA coming into the debate. Whilst most of the people immediately linked to .bg (including Daniel Kalchev) have voiced their opision, I am awaiting a note from Veni Markovski on this. The issue of visual confusion is a really tough one to rule on. This is why Alan and I had fought hard to *avoid* visual confusion (and phonetic confusion too!) to be part of the Trademark Clearinghouse etc. As for IDNs - this issue is likely to be commonplace. One thing I always remember is that no matter what we all think of re: avoiding visual similarity, there's always going to be someone who will find a loophole, or a way to get around it. It already exists within ASCII. l vs 1 vs I etc. Kind regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
Dear Adam and all, The issue is not being dealt with by ISOC-Bulgaria, but by the Ministry of Communications, so we can not say much more than the official position, being published in the media. However, I'm not aware of any official communication between ICANN and the ministry being released for the public, so anything on that topic might sound like a speculation. You should have in mind, however, that there is a company that has been selling domain names for the last few years in the non-existing domain .бг (.bg in Cyrillic), so it is normal for them to be looking into the matter from purely business perspective. Again, this is something which ISOC-Bulgaria can not comment on, being a non-profit, and having nothing to do with this company. Besy regards, Dessi
Interesting thread on the civil society Internet governance list about Bulgaria's requerst for a fast track ccTLD being refused. Apparently .бг was considered likely to cause confusion with .br (Brazil.) See the archive at <http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2010-05/msg00143.html>
Can anyone from ISOC Bulgaria comment?
I don't really understand, on a lot of levels.
Thanks,
Adam
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At 16:29 31/05/2010, Dragoslava Greve wrote:
You should have in mind, however, that there is a company that has been selling domain names for the last few years in the non-existing domain .бг (.bg in Cyrillic),
Dear Dragoslava, a nice way to put it in ISOCANN words: selling domain names in a non-existing domain !.... question is only : do they resolve in the existing Internet? jfc
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