Are these comments actually representative of the ISP industry?
The ISCP home page can be found
here...http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ispcp/ispcp.html
The ISCP is a constituency within the ICANN DNSO founded to represent
the interests of ISPs at ICANN.
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The ISPCP constituency's comments on the proposals for new Top level
Domains
The ISPC fully supports ICANN in its efforts to ensure that the
stability and reliability of the Internet is not challenged through the
addition of new generic Top level Domains. As stated previously this
principle is considered to be of paramount importance to the ISPC.
Against that background ICANN is urged to adopt a stable framework
against which their evaluation of the applications can take place in a
coherent manner. Whilst the constituency does not see it is their role
to offer comment on individual applications, in an effort to assist in
advancing the very difficult task facing ICANN it would like to suggest
some top level principles which would assist.
1. In keeping with the earlier debates and conclusions drawn, regardless
of the number of applications received as few as possible gTLDs should
be introduced this time around.
2. Every effort must be made to substantiate that all new Registries
involved in the domain name space are viable. If any level of doubt
exists, ICANN should not consider the matter further without concrete
evidence to dispel those concerns.
3. Within all new domains Registry functions should be undertaken on a
'not for profit' basis, whilst competition within the Registrar function
is viewed as a key requirement
4. Public benefit must be a prime consideration and this lends itself to
the development of a framework which would classify the new gTLD space
into categories, under which different entities could then sit e.g.
garages, car sales, car repairs etc could all exist under .car. As well
as aiding public understanding, this approach would also greatly assist
browser functionality.
5. In the initial phase, with a limited number of gTLDs being
introduced, no organisation should be considered for the delegation of
more than one gTLD.
6. The full scope of each assignment should be clearly articulated in
order to avoid subsequent confusion and infringement.
7. In advance of any new domain name registrations, clear guidelines
should be developed regarding the registration of second level domains.
8. Applications should be assessed against a benchmark test of expanding
the growth of the Internet for the overall good of the community.
9. No preferential treatment should be given to any applicant who has
been involved in pre-registration activities. On the contrary such
activities should be frowned upon as an act of bad faith as this clearly
went against ICANN advice.
In addition to the above points the ISPC also endorses the joint
statement made by the Business and Intellectual Property Constituencies
covering registrar and registration procedures, UDRP and the WHOIS
database.
Michael Schneider
- Chairman -
