I'm well aware of the scope of the WG. However, we don't operate in a vacuum, and this case is both relevant and instructive — in terms of issues and arguments and for outcomes.

Greg

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:24 PM Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org> wrote:

It is also a reminder of the level of bullying that some governments are capable of doing in this space and their disregard for the legitimate rights of others to use words in the DNS. This is a serious concern -- to see such little regard for the freedom of expression rights to use words with a geographic meaning. Absent an actual internationally agreed legal rule that holds people can't use the word "France" or other words with geographic meanings, it would be a huge mistake for ICANN to adopt such an anti-innovation and pro-censorship position in domain name policy as demanded by some govts here.

Robin

On Apr 29, 2018, at 3:36 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com> wrote:

Great, lets keep it limited. But thanks Greg for reminding us where we can end up.. some supported two-letter second level domain names that correspond to cctlds to go to governments and cctld managers in new gtlds. Some of those were generic pronouns like in and it. But no one had mercy on generic names and no justifiable reason was given other than oh governments own everything when it comes to their cctld... or at least can claim ownership. The irony? Some of those cctld managers are actually private companies benefiting handsomely from this.

Farzaneh

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Carlos Raul Gutierrez <carlosraul@gutierrez.se> wrote:

Thanks Greg!

Very interesting but I'm afraid our scope is limited to the top level.....

On April 29, 2018 1:31:59 PM CST, Javier Rua <javrua@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Greg.

Javier Rúa-Jovet

+1-787-396-6511

twitter: @javrua

skype: javier.rua1

https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua

On Apr 29, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com> wrote:

I thought this article would be of interest to WT5.

Greg

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:37 PM
Subject: France seizes France.com from man who's had it since '94, so he sues - Ars Technica
To: <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>

France seizes France.com from man who's had it since '94, so he sues - Ars Technica

https://apple.news/AxM_G3MkGSXW8YOXTibo8wg

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