Dirk
Krischenowski filed two White Papers which target issues around
the cityTLDs. One that concerns the questions what applicants
for a new TLD which is based on the name string of a city or
metropolis should do to respect and incorporate rights of other
locations with the same name. The other
addresses
the topic of protecting intellectual property rights in TLDs
which are based on the string related to a city (cityTLDs). Both
White Papers are planned to be discussed in the GAC and IPC
during the ICANN meeting in Cairo.
Best Practice IP Protection in cityTLDs – A Draft (PDF
here)
Cities with the same Name – What can be done? (PDF
here)
June 2008
The
International Herald Tribune made a series of articles on the
latest TLD developments from the ICANN meeting in Paris.
"When Internet
regulators started gathering in the French capital
last week for a global conference that starts here
Monday, the marquee event was a quirky catwalk for
cities and regions competing for domain names like .berlin,
.paris, .quebec and even .cat - for Catalonia.
The mighty
dot, New York City boosters said, could transform
the metropolis into "the master of its future," with
a .nyc label helping to build "trust, justice and
civic pride." Berlin supporters insisted that a
super-dot would establish the city's global
reputation.
Super or not,
officials at the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers - the main oversight agency for
the underpinnings of the Internet - said they were
poised to bring the most dramatic change to the
Internet in four decades by opening up domain names
to endless variations. ...
Knowledge
Politics, a leading UK-based virtual think-tank, focusing
exclusively on promoting political and policy research on the
subject of the 'information society' has published a great
booklet on the discussion of cityTLDs in the light of localism
and Internet Geovernance.
Contents
Introduction:
reigniting localism - Richard Berry
The information
society: community catalyst or local liability? -
Edward Andersson
Planning and spatial
justice in an information society - Gordon Dabinett
Beyond the digital
divide: focusing technology on delivering social
inclusion - Helen Goulden
Worldwide technology,
local regeneration: the Manchester approach - Shaun
Fensom
THE PROMISE OF CITY
TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS
Introduction: the
return of the city - Dave McLaughlin
Towards global city
TLDs in the public interest - Thomas Lowenhaupt &
Michael Gurstein
GeoTLDs: top-level
domains for cities and regions - Dirk Krischenowski
& Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek
2. Article from
Monika Ermert on IP-Watch - TLD Or Not TLD
For Cities? Berlin Senate Wants Out (html
here)
March
2007
Information on how dotBERLIN will respect and
incorporate other locations with the name BERLIN into its application for the .berlin
TLD
Letter to GAC (PDF
here) (html here)
