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[Travis McCrea <me AT travismccrea.com>]

I vote no, not to be difficult but due to the wording of the business
clause. The actual wording says that a corporation cannot register a
domain, nor can any large business of over 50 people. That means if I
wanted to register a domain name for AngryParrot.ca (which I *do* want
to, but I am waiting on a decent general use domain name to come
available), because Angry Parrot Communications Inc. is a corporation
registered in the province of British Columbia.

Why is that clause in there in the first place? It seems silly to create
a general purpose TLD (especially one that specifically says is to
provide an alternative to .com, which stands for Commercial).

Also you say that the domain has to be between 3 and 6 characters long.
That seems highly short. AngryParrot isn't that long of a TLD. nor are
most of my other domain names that fall outside of that threshold:
TravisMcCrea.com ZombieSurvivors.net  DigitalPatriots.org etc all over 6
chars. 

Also things that are banned include:
• contents considered illegal by the registrants local laws.
• Torrent Tracker

Since when did it become the TLDs responsibility to interfere with what
happens on it's TLDs? Furthermore, that's why we use different country
codes as it is. If I am running wikileaks, I am not going to host it on
a .com/.net because those open me up for extradition. You are directly
blocking a person's human right to free speech by saying "well sorry you
live in a dictatorship so you cannot voice your opinion". Furthermore it
is not your responsibility to uphold their local laws, your
responsibility is to uphold local laws... which brings me to torrent
trackers. Torrent Trackers are not illegal, they do not put a burden on
the NIC and they facilitate free sharing of information. They are the
fastest way to get Linux Distros, and honestly I will take it a step
further on the legal scale and simply say that sharing TV and Movies is
a *good* thing... read my writings and Rick Falkvinge's (founder of the
Pirate Party) at falkvinge.net.

Our services are based on providing freedom from abusive policies that
ICANN has created. These rules here are more restrictive than ICANN
policies. 

I vote no, and I will be ***HIGHLY*** disappointed in OpenNIC if they
let this pass in it's current form. 

On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 01:43 -0500, Hanselka, Alex wrote:
> I approve.  Of course that may mean nothing but yeah :D
> 
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Dominique Rehborn 
> <dominique AT boxnet.eu>wrote:
> 
> > Howdy OpenNIC folks,
> >
> > i am curious about running a tier 1 and would like to sponsor the top
> > level domain .box, i started writing a charter, which still is a draft
> > and requires your feedback, any comment appreciated.
> >
> > OpenNIC TLD Proposition
> >
> > Charter
> >
> > .box TLD - in the following document referred to as NIC.
> >
> > Proposal
> > .box is a TLD meant as generic name space for general purposes like
> > ICANN's .com, .org and .net TLD has been used (or misued by accident). a
> > larger list of exceptions for abusive behavior and non-legitime contents
> > is to be found in the policy to prevent disputes and criminal activity.
> >
> > Policy
> >
> > By Registering a NIC domain the Registrant agrees to the Policy.
> >
> > This Policy complies with OpenNIC Policies
> > (http://wiki.opennic.glue/OpenNICPolicies) including following addition.
> >
> > Registration
> > NIC domains can be registered by any individual or for an entity by an
> > individual/natural person. Registrations may be challenged at any time
> > if they are not held by an individual or if the holder cannot prove an
> > outside relation justifying reservation of the name, to prevent
> > "Cybersquatting". further exceptions are listed below.
> >
> > Limitations
> > until further changes to the policy a registrant is allowed to hold a
> > maximum of 10 domains (including a tollerance of 5) with exception to
> > OpenNIC members, larger amounts of domain registrations require to
> > request a quote including purpose of usage. (send your request to
> > quote AT nic.box)
> >
> > domain names must be at least 3 characters long and can be at most 63
> > characters long, a domain excluding TLD should never have more than 5
> > labels to prevent dns spam.
> >
> > Activity
> > NIC reserves the right to remove any domain not resolvable for more than
> > a week.
> >
> > Nameserver Configuration
> > NIC requires to setup a valid Zonefile, this includes a valid SOA and 2 
> > NS.
> >
> > Non-Profit clause
> > As this TLD is made available not for profit, domains (including
> > subdomains) may not be transferred for compensation.
> >
> > Prohibited contents and behavior
> > to limit a larger spectrum for abusive behavior the following is
> > strictly forbidden, legitimate complaints regarding these activities
> > will result in suspension and revocation of all appropriate domains:
> >
> > • general contents/activities considered illegal. this includes but is
> > not limited to:
> > ∘ spamming/cracking (including through non NIC systems)
> > ∘ cracks/warez/malware/botnets/honeypots
> > • contents considered illegal by the registrants local laws.
> > • SEO/marketing websites
> > • pornographic, racists/extremist contents
> > • torrent tracker
> >
> > Big Business clause
> > corporations, large enterprises (>50 employess) and financial entities
> > are not allowed to expand their business under a NIC TLD for now. In
> > case of a registered trademark, it is possible for the responsible to
> > send a request to have their name registered by NIC and suspeneded
> > definitively or http forward to a given URL.
> > (This process requires verification, any cost created by this process
> > will be covered by the responsible in question).
> >
> > Privacy
> >
> > • Personal data will only be collected and used if required for the
> > creation or modification of a Handle. The registrant is obligated to
> > keep this information up to date. The Registrant's Email address will
> > only be used for information regarding their registered domains, policy
> > changes and major system changes.
> > • NIC does not give any personal information to third parties, with the
> > exception of OpenNIC as far as they are required to reasonably or forced
> > by law.
> > • The registrant has the right to information and a right to amend, to
> > suspend or to delete his saved information. If deletion conflicts with a
> > legal or contractual duty to save information, or other legal grounds,
> > the information will be made inaccessible.
> >
> > Warranty and Liability
> > NIC tries to be as reliable and responsible as possible, however there
> > is no warranty for availability. For direct damages, secondary damages
> > or lost profits due to technical problems and disturbances we assume no
> > liability.
> >
> > In addition, the Registrant agrees to free NIC from all claims by third
> > parties in regard to illegal content or activity. The exemption
> > obligation includes liability for all legal defence costs.
> >
> > Updates
> > Minor changes, changes which will not affect registered domains, to the
> > policy can be made without notice in order to close loopholes quickly
> > and responsibly.
> > Changes which require to be voted on will be announced at least one week
> > before taking effect.
> >
> > --
> > Dominique Rehborn dominique AT boxnet.eu
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