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.
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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:03:23 +0200
From: Hascall Sharp <chsharp@cisco.com>
To: alice@apc.org
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ITRs
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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
The principles are also up on their web page:
http://cgi.br/english/faq/index.htm
Chip
Disclaimer: Although I am a US Citizen and work for Cisco, my views do not necessarily correspond to either a US or Cisco position.
On Jun 20, 2012, at 6:01 PM, alice@apc.org wrote:
> 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:
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> https://fileshare.tools.isoc.org/wentworth/public/Report%20Dutch%20WCIT%202012%20Preparation%20Final.pdf
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> Best
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> Alice
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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:32:48 -0400
From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com>
To: alice@apc.org
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] new gTLDs. A very American revolution
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, <alice@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.
--
Cheers,
McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."? Jon Postel
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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:20:03 +0300
From: Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke>
To: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] new gTLDs. A very American revolution
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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
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:32 PM, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, <alice@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.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:35:44 +0300
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The below study could interest also listers' participation during
this period of Kenya IGF discussions.
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From: Cybercrime Study <[1]cybercrime.study@unodc.org>
To: [2]info@cskonline.org
Subject: United Nations Study on the Problem of Cybercrime
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:08:06 +0200
[cid:1__=4EBBF0B6DFD113AB8f9e8a93df9@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@unodc.org
References
1. mailto:cybercrime.study@unodc.org
2. mailto:info@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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