[AfrICANN-discuss] on dots and cities --and more

[marwan]

Not to mention Paris, Hilton :-)
 
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From: africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] On
Behalf Of Anne-Rachel Inné
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:25 PM
To: africann at afrinic.net
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] on dots and cities --and more
 
Hmmmm, actually who should really get dot paris for example???? to
illustrate what Mawaki just said look below.
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=SAM%7CBO%7CBL003%7CPARIS> Paris, Bolivia (El Beni)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=NAM%7CCA%7CON%7CPARIS> Paris, Canada (Ontario)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=NAM%7CCA%7CYT%7CPARIS> Paris, Canada (Yukon Territory)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CCG%7CCF009%7CPARIS> Paris, Brazzaville (Pool)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CCG%7CCF010%7CPARIS> Paris, Brazzaville (Sangha)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=EUR%7CFR%7CFR012%7CPARIS> Paris, France (Ile-De-France)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CGA%7CGB003%7CPARIS> Paris, Gabon (Moyen-Ogooue)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CGA%7CGB007%7CPARIS> Paris, Gabon (Ogooue-Lolo)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=CAC%7CHT%7CHA003%7CPARIS> Paris, Haiti (Grand' Anse)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=CAC%7CHT%7CHA004%7CPARIS> Paris, Haiti (Nord)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=CAC%7CHT%7CHA008%7CPARIS> Paris, Haiti (Sud)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=NAM%7CMX%7CMX005%7CPARIS> Paris, Mexico (Chiapas)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=CAC%7CPA%7CPM006%7CPARIS> Paris, Panama (Herrera)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=ASI%7CPH%7CRP007%7CPARIS> Paris, Philippines (Antique)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=ASI%7CPH%7CRP071%7CPARIS> Paris, Philippines (Maguindanao)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=CAC%7CPR%7CPR000%7CPARIS> Paris, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CST%7CTP002%7CPARIS> Paris, Sao Tome And Principe (Sao
Tome)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=AFR%7CTG%7CTO000%7CPARIS> Paris, Togo (*)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=MEA%7CTR%7CTU000%7CPARIS> Paris, Turkey (*)
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<http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=forecastfox&tr
aveler=0&loccode=EUR%7CUA%7CUP015%7CPARIS> Paris, Ukraine (Odessa)

If you are interested, on country names, WIPO 2 has been been dealing with
the subject with ICANN for the past four/five years now and I am quoting
from text that you can read here:
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gurry-letter-to-cerf-lynn-21feb03.htm 
"".....Following consideration of the question of the protection of country
names against abusive registrations by the two special
<http://ecommerce.wipo.int/domains/sct/documents/index.html>  sessions of
the SCT mentioned above, the WIPO General Assembly, in
<http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_28_7.p
df>  October 2002, remitted the question for further consideration by the
SCT. The SCT met for this purpose in November 2002 and adopted a
<http://www.wipo.int/sct/en/documents/session_9/pdf/sct9_8.pdf>  decision
that the short and long names of States, as set out in the United Nations
Terminology Bulletin, should be protected against identical and misleadingly
similar registrations as domain names by persons unconnected with the
constitutional authorities of the States concerned. It was recommended that
this protection should be implemented through an amendment of the UDRP and
should apply to all future registrations of domain names in the gTLDs.
Further details of the protection are set out in the text of the decision,
which is set out in Annex
<http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gurry-letter-to-cerf-lynn-21feb03.htm#A
NNEX2>  2 to this letter......""

Other links current and historical: http://www.icann.org/committees/JWGW2/
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-06oct03.htm
http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/communique-25mar03.htm
and more discussion on the subject on the GNSO list at:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/mail2.html#03415 
Mawaki and Sophia can tell you more about this.
Some countries have been calling for protection of their cultural heritage
-- cities, cheeses, wines, special patterns names, etc....but not an easy
task...

Pour les Francophones, le sujet est toujours d'actualite par exemple en
France:
http://www.cawa.fr/depot-des-noms-de-communes-en-fr-article001128.html 

AR
On 5/15/07, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za> wrote:
Thanks Mawaki. It's do-able & may raise an interesting dispute resolution
process where you register dakar.sn and I run afterwards to register a
.dakar TLD:-) But that's the reason why ICANN's policy processes exist & may

be it's high time ICANN should start anticipating this???


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