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[David Norman <deekayen AT deekayen.net>]

It's possible the people you talk to don't realize there could be any other domain system than ICANN's.
Alexander Nordlund <alexander.nordlund AT opennicproject.org> wrote:

Hello everyone,

 

Just wanted to let you all know that I’ve made an inquiry to ICANN regarding the new gTLDs.

The answer we got was… less than satisfactory.

 

And I never received a reply to my follow up.

 

Anyone have any recommendations on how to proceed?

Anyone reckon we should ask EFF for help?

 

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Alexander Nordlund

alexander.nordlund AT opennicproject.org

@bordslampa

 

From: Alexander Nordlund [mailto:alexander.nordlund AT opennicproject.org]
Sent: den 7 juli 2012 02:45
To: 'New gTLD Customer Service'
Cc: Alex Hanselka; Tim Groeneveld; Julian DeMarchi
Subject: RE: New gTLD Customer Service Case

 

Hello,

 

Thank you for your reply, unfortunately I cannot see a clear response in it.

 

Could you please clarify your stance on the collisions that the new gTLDs may cause?

 

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Alexander Nordlund

alexander.nordlund AT opennicproject.org

@bordslampa

 

From: New gTLD Customer Service [mailto:NewgTLD AT icann.org]
Sent: den 6 juli 2012 12:01
To: Alexander
Subject: New gTLD Customer Service Case

 

Dear Alexander Nordlund:

Thank you for contacting New gTLD Customer Service. This is an update to your recently submitted inquiry:

Inquiry Submission Date: 04/07/2012 01:52
Case ID: 29821
Subject: Question about gTLD collisions.
Inquiry Category: Objections / Dispute Resolution
Inquiry Status: In Progress

 

Inquiry Update:

Thank you for contacting New gTLD Customer Service.

You may refer to IANA's database of top level domains for a complete listing of top level domains at http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ (root zones that are currently delegated).

Please note that part of the Initial Evaluation process for all applications includes a review for string similarity. Please refer to Module 1 of the Applicant Guidebook http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb for more details as to what is involved in this process.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

 

Description:

Hi,



Quickly looking over the list published in
/newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-120
0utc-13jun12-en?tag=mncol;txt>
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200
utc-13jun12-en?tag=mncol;txt I can spot applications for two TLDs which have
already been operated for a long time by the OpenNIC project.

.free and .ing



If these gTLDs were to be incorporated into ICANN you would be creating a
conflict which would mean extra work and implications (at least on one of
the sides).



So we are wondering, what is your stance regarding the collisions?





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Alexander Nordlund

alexander.nordlund AT opennicproject.org

@bordslampa

 

 

Regards,

New gTLD Customer Service

 

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