Re: [wg-c] .eu and the notion of regional TLDs

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

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On 04-Feb-2000 Joop Teernstra wrote:
> At 16:19 3/02/00 -0500, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>>At 03:58 PM 2/3/00 , Jay Parker wrote:
>>>that arena, and could utilize a regional designation to create social and
>>>economic opportunities as a collective. There's really no debating the idea
>>>that, in general, the region could use all the economic opportunity it can
>>>get.
>>
>>Hi Jay,
>>
>>This is a poignant plea.  However, it also highlights
>>the fact that EU and other regional TLDs are merely
>>a species of generic TLD loosely associated with a
>>political-economic organization brand.  Once an EU
>>domain were denominated, non-discriminatory treatment
>>would compel similar benefits to be accorded every
>>other political economic association in the world.
>>
>>The dubious aspect of all this is whether it brings
>>any additional benefits at all to those in the region
>>concerned.   The only one it would seem to benefit
>>is the organization involved.
>>
> 
> Tony and Jay,
> 
> I could see clear benefits for registrants in a .eu TLD.
> It is a regional identification for all those who might wish to identify
> their on-line presence as European.
> Depending on how "open" the registry is going to be, it could be a TLD for
> individuals and companies from EU member states, but also from non-members
> states, as long as they wish to identify their Domain as European.
> 
> It could be the TLD that becomes the success that .us did not.
> 

As I and others have said, the real issue is not the TLD itself, and its
usefullness, but rather the process and methodology they are using to try and
get it added.  The EU people should be campaigning for the new TLD process to
be completed and completed fairly, and commit themselves to working within that
process, rather than trying to use a political end run game to force their way
in.

By doing that they are setting a dangerous precedent, that will do more harm
than good to people who truly want to see the name space expanded in a fair and
open manner.

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