[kictanet] new gTLDs. A very American revolution

Gideon gideonrop at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 08:54:37 EAT 2012 

Hi Listers,


Americans have more money to spend on the entrepreneurship and taking risk
on innovation which is very much part of their culture. It’s not about
being stupid nor smart, it all gravitates to the real fact that Africa does
not have the money to play with, nor does it have the culture of
entrepreneurship to play with huge sums of money, but this is slowly
coming, with the applications that we have seen, and Africa will reach this
level.


Given that gTLDs were also invented by the USA, it’s not surprising that
people in US took more chance thus the many applicant, besides, do not
forget that most of the new gTLD applications were brand protection names,
given that most companies as well are western it’s only natural that the
numbers would weigh in depending on the number of firms.


I believe that Africa will soon be able to come at par, with the rest of
the other developed nations, just a little more effort from the government
to the Private sector.

Gideon Rop.

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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:03:23 +0200
> From: Hascall Sharp <chsharp at cisco.com>
> To: alice at apc.org
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Alice,
> Thank you for passing along.
>
> While not directly related to WCIT and the ITRs, Brazil contributed to the
> Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy
> issues (CWG-Internet) a description of their national process for
> developing policy related to the Internet and the principles they work by.
>  The Brazilian delegate kindly gave me permission to share their
> contribution, but I find it is on the WCITLeaks page so I'll just provide a
> pointer there:
>
> http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S12-RINTPOL1-C-0002!!MSW-E.pdf
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> The principles are also up on their web page:
> http://cgi.br/english/faq/index.htm
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>
> Chip
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> Disclaimer:  Although I am a US Citizen and work for Cisco, my views do
> not necessarily correspond to either a US or Cisco position.
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> On Jun 20, 2012, at 6:01 PM, alice at apc.org wrote:
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> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> > As mentioned by the ITU Secretary General the Netherlands held public
> > national consultations on WCIT recently. They have made the report
> > available to ISOC and others.
> >
> > Please see:
> >
> >
> https://fileshare.tools.isoc.org/wentworth/public/Report%20Dutch%20WCIT%202012%20Preparation%20Final.pdf
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> > Alice
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> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM,  <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> > As mentioned earlier, of the 1,930 applications, 844 are from the United
> > States.
> > Africa only has 17 applications.
>
> To me, this means that Africans are smarter than Americans.
>
> The vast majority of those 844 US applications will lose money in the long
> run.
>
> 17 is a much bigger number than I had expected.
>
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> --
> Cheers,
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> McTim
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:20:03 +0300
> From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> To: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
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> McTim
>
> Money alone may not explain the motivation of a large number of these
> applications. Quite a substantial number of them were about two key
> things:-
>
> 1. Brand Protection. So Google going for .google is about just that.
> 2. Category Protection or close affinity to it and wanting to be associated
> with it. For example .app had one of the highest applicants. From Google to
> Amazon to some of the largest domain registrars.
>
> It would be interesting to watch some of these auctions and the domination
> fights attached to them.
>
> Ali Hussein
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> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:32 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM,  <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> > > As mentioned earlier, of the 1,930 applications, 844 are from the
> United
> > > States.
> > > Africa only has 17 applications.
> >
> > To me, this means that Africans are smarter than Americans.
> >
> > The vast majority of those 844 US applications will lose money in the
> long
> > run.
> >
> > 17 is a much bigger number than I had expected.
> >
> >
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> > McTim
> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
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> The below study could interest also listers' participation during
> this period of Kenya IGF discussions.
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> ----- Original message -----
> From: Cybercrime Study <[1]cybercrime.study at unodc.org>
> To: [2]info at cskonline.org
> Subject: United Nations Study on the Problem of Cybercrime
> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:08:06 +0200
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> [cid:1__=4EBBF0B6DFD113AB8f9e8a93df9 at unvienna.org]
> Dr. Waudo Siganga, Chairman
> Computer Society of Kenya
> United Nations Study on the Problem of Cybercrime
> I write to ask you to consider reminding your members about the
> United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Comprehensive
> Study on the Problem of and Response to Cybercrime recently
> mandated by United Nations General Assembly Resolution [3]65/230.
>  The current deadline for completed questionnaires to be uploaded
> to the [4]UNODC Cybercrime portal is 30 June 2012.
> This study was recently [5]launched by the UNODC Executive
> Director at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Member states will
> look to the completed study with a view to strengthen existing
> and to propose new national and international legal or other
> responses to cybercrime. As you may recall from previous
> correspondence, UNODC is currently inviting selected private
> sector organizations to complete a questionnaire related to their
> experience and perceptions of cybercrime. The questionnaire
> represents a unique opportunity for private sector organizations
> to ensure that their views are reported and reflected in the
> study.
> Potential participants should register at
> [6]www.unodc.org/cybercrime-study as soon as possible to download
> a survey for completion.
> Be assured that information provided in response to the
> questionnaire will be processed solely for the purposes of the
> cybercrime study; it will not be attributed to organizations
> directly by name without prior authorization.
> Thank you very much in advance for your valuable cooperation.
> Sincerely,
> Robyn Mace
> Cybercrime Study
> Conference Support Section
> Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch
> Division for Treaty Affairs
> email: cybercrime.study at unodc.org
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:cybercrime.study at unodc.org
> 2. mailto:info at cskonline.org
> 3.
> http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/AGMs/General_Assembly_resolution_65-230_E.pdf
> 4. http://www.unodc.org/cybercrime-study/
> 5.
> http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2012/January/unodc-chief-announces-a-comprehensive-study-on-cybercrime.html
> 6. http://www.unodc.org/cybercrime-study
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