[ga] New TLDs, first bunch of detailed proposals

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Dear all,
as you all know, ICANN is currently posting the
detailed applications for the new TLDs on their website.
Some comments on those that are already up. The numbers
refer to the quick overview at ICANN Channel Europe
(http://www.icannchannel.org/tlds/)

-- UDRP:
Almost all of the TLD proposals seem to include the
ICANN UDRP, sometimes with minor adjustments.
(applications 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30,
33, 36, 41, 44)

-- Sunrise provisions:
Many applicants include a trademark pre-registration
period in their proposal or require supplemental
documentation in a start-up period (17, 19, 20,
25, 26, 28, 41, 44). IODesign (44) wants to put the
current .web registrations on hold for some time.

-- Fees:
Varying considerably. Some want to charge $6/year,
one .kids applicants (26) wants to charge up to
$2500 annually. Two auction phase proposals (25, 26).

-- Registry operators:
Most popular ones are CORE (19, 30, 31, 36) and
Tucows (26, 40).

-- Registrars:
The vast majority wants all ICANN-accredited registrars
to be eligible, some with extra requirements. There
are exceptions (no outside registrars: 26, only
mobile device and service providers: 29).

-- Some interesting ideas:
The .co-op proposal (10) establishes a fund where
registration fees support cooperatives with limited
resources in registering a domain name.
The .i proposal (20) wants the personal identifier
.i domains to be non-transferable and wants to sell
the domain names wholesale.

-- Strange idea:
Commercial Connect (28) wants to apply the UDRP, but
wants to be the arbiter, too. ("employ objective,
commercially accepted business practices and principles
to make the determination which claimant was entitled
to the domain-name")

-- Most bureaucratic:
The UPU (36) wants to set up a .post Accreditation Service,
.post Operators and .post Registrars. .post Operators request
domain names from .post Accreditation Service. Postal
Administrations can become .post Operators and .post
Registrars; but being a .post Registrar must not mean
being an ICANN-accredited registrar, so .post Registrar may
send registrations which the .post Accreditation Service
has approved to an ICANN-accredited registrar in order
register the domain name. D'oh!

Best regards,
/// Alexander

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