Re: [nznog] Fwd: DNCL Second Level Consultation and Submissions

In the case of a dispute, it would be better to allow the domain holder with the longest third level registration to have priority for the second level. It seems very likely to me that if 2nd level domains where previously available, that domain holders would have registered these over a 3rd level choice. Second this will prevent domain high-jackers rushing out and taking - for example - telecom.{geek,org,net,etc}.nz, just so they can shake down an existing domain holder. Nicholas On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Simon Green wrote:

On 30 May 2012 09:17, Michael NEWBERY wrote:

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What is the problem being solved here?

The Consultation Paper acknowledges that this proposal will create new problems of its own, and lists some of the steps that will need to be taken to alleviate them.

I totally agree with Michael. From the e-mail: "If two or more domain name holders have the same name at the third level, no-one will be able to register that name at the second level unless they obtain the consent of the other third level name holders"

Take the domain name xtra.nz. Currently xtra.co.nz and xtra.geek.nz are registered by different registrants. This means unless the two parties agree*, xtra.nz isn't going to be able to be registered. Meanwhile, other ISPs will be able to use their 2LD. This is discussed in section 8.2 of the document, but no viable resolution is offered

If we were doing this process in the mid 90s, I would have thought it was a good idea. The Internet was young, and still mainly used by geeks. In 2012, it is not.

The only country I'm aware of that dropped 2LD was Canada (where the second level was a providence, not a type). Canada finally stopped accepting them in 2010. No other 'big' countries have done it to my knowledge.

-- simon

* to remain on topic, I can see a lot of beers being exchanged between these registrants. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog