Re: AW: [ICANN-EU] AMM's "government statement"

[Olivier Guillard / AFNIC <Olivier.Guillard@nic.fr>]

le 18 Oct, Andy Mueller-Maguhn a écrit :
> Dear. Mr. Schulz,
> 
> >But after your public statement I have to confirm that even if the web is
> >free for all and even if everyone can and should do what he wants, we should
> >also respect each other and also the rights of each other he has in the web.
> 
> agreed.

So do we!

> >The internet is since years no space without rights. On the contrary : who
> >starts in the worldwide highway has to consider all legal systems he will
> >touch. Itīs a pity that there is no global legal system but instead there
> >are approximately 200 different national legal systems.
> 
> right, and they crash together in some areas, for e.g. in the
> trademark issues, cause icann has missed to give out / mention some
> policies for the TLDīs to EXPLAIN _what_ rules apply and to create 
> own TLDīs like .TM (or secondary for national  trade mark) to avoid 
> that all lawyers on this planet want to act on all  TLDīs, escpecially
> the gTLDīs.

It is a pity, I agree, but it might be, at the moment, wise.


> > because Andy wants it to be regarded as such a
> >Government.
> 
> >This does not mean that it IS a world Governement.
>
> Just look at the french registry (allowing french citizen not
> to get a domain, only open for companies and governments),
> the missing icann policy (that the internetīs name space is
> a public space) and the consequences.

Sorry, this is not true. Any french citizen can have a domain name
under .nom.fr (his domainname will be his name) or under .com.fr
(he can choose whatever name he want's under this extension).
We consider that we have a responsability on the meaning that
is attached to domain names (like a word should mean something
shouldn't it?)


> Of course, if Icann would make such a policy, the french
> government could override such a policy and still let itīs
> ccTLD registration only open for companies & governments.
> But then people would realize what the french government
> is doing, more people would ask them why and - call me
> naive if you want - in the long term road, such an undemocratic
> behaviour would have a chance to change or other action
> to be taken to give french citizens an name space asylum
> (maybe in .eu ?).

Sorry, once again this is not true. Afnic is a non for profit
organisazion, not a govrnemental institution. All stakeholders are
represented in concertation commitees, not only the governement.
Nice that there is different spaces for different sensitivity
doesn't it?

Regards,

-- 
Olivier Guillard

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