IAB comments on Green Paper

Niall & tld-wg,

[Thanks for forwarding the message - not sure why my own attempt didn't work..]

I am under the impression that late comments to the Green Paper might not
have much impact but there is now also a proposed "rule" which the Dept. of
Commerce have published. Being ignorant of US governmental procedures, I
dont know what the exact process nor its implications are, and there seems
to have been some doubt expressed (on the IETF list - so it could be
nonsense) as to the legality of this move. I dont know.

(Actually, if someone here knows the definitive ruling on this, I'm sure
the tld-wg would be interested in knowing.)

However, it appears that this is gathering momentum. The proposed "rule"
can be found at:

	http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/022098fedreg.txt

and I understand that there is about a month left on which to comment on this.

I dont propose to start a parallel discussion here but my question to you
guys is whether or not you think it might be useful to formulate a combined
response from the European TLD administrators community / ISP community? I
know some of you have met with Magaziner privately - do you believe he took
your comments on board? (Again, I admit ignorance.) Do you think they will
listen to comments from outside the US? Is the proposed rule a Bad Thing or
a Good Thing, in your opinion? Does it affect us at all (since most of use
country-level TLDs)?

Do we care?

John

John Martin
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