Forwarded without comment. However, interesting to note the last para
of this report wrt to that from SMH.
http://www.adlawbyrequest.com/industry/ccTLDRevolt61101.shtml
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[The Online Advertising & Marketing Law Report]
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[Current Issue]
Search Past Industry
Issues:
ccTLD Operators Withdraw From ICANN Advisory
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Archives June 11, 2001
[In the Courts] An international group of country code Top
Level Domain (ccTLD) operators announced last
[Legislation] week that it would no longer participate in
International Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers' policymaking process. The group
[Regulators] claims that ICANN's Domain Name Supporting
Organization (DNSO) has not been responsive
[International] to the needs of ccTLD administrators. The
announcement, which was made at ICANN's
recent public board meeting in Stockholm,
[Industry] Sweden, follows on the heels of recent moves
by ICANN and the World Intellectual Property
A Look Back Organization to convince ccTLD operators to
At The Year 2000 establish tighter standards for domain name
registration.
<snip/>
Why This Matters: The ccTLDs' decision to
withdraw from ICANN's day-to-day policymaking
process will make it difficult for ICANN to
influence how ccTLD administrators operate
their domains. Without such influence, ccTLD
operators will be able to operate without
oversight and, potentially, beyond the reach
of the international intellectual property
regime.
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