Re: [kictanet] A Moral Internet?- The Registrars' Secret Weapon
Hi Tomslin, Please read the following statement (ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains.) In that case , the statement should be rephrased to specify that focus is on generic Top Level domains as opposed to all domains. Be that as it may , i was reading the domain wire global TLD report which had the following statistics. At the end of Q4 (2016) there were 309.4 million domain names across all TLDs. Out of this ccTLDs were 123.9 Million. From the statistics you can see that ccTLDs have significant registrations which may lend credence to the hypothesis i made. Best On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Barrack, I believe the paper focuses on only gTLDs though, where it is expected for the registrars not to assume the role of moral policing.
---- Tomslin
On 8 November 2017 at 15:17, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi Mercy,
Most registrars that register Country Code Top Level Domain registries encounter this requirement. A high number of Country Code Top Level Domain Registries are under some form of supervision by Regulatory Agencies across the globe. This is especially so in Africa where a majority of the registries (approximately 40 %) are operated by a regulator , government institution or University as such it is common to find clauses limiting offensive and inappropriate registrations in the registry policy. This is a debatable issue but again governments serve as moral police within their respective territories. The case is different for generic Top Level Domain registries which are more consumer driven, (the .xxx kind)
Regards
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:40 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Internet Governance Project did an analysis of the ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains. Their findings are intriguing especially since they show that there is a link between domain name policy and internet content regulation.
e.g.:
*We found the ToS of 26 registrars using the term “moral” in some manner, ranging from prohibiting use of the domain that is “contrary to” or “violates good morals”, or requiring that the domain or content found at the domain "must comply with...social public morals” or “good morals", to the most frequently found restriction of domain name use in "morally objectionable activities". *
https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.internetgovernance.org/wo rdpress/wp-content/uploads/AmoralReg-PAPER-final.pdf
Might be of interest.
-- *Mercy Mutemi*.
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Hi Tomslin, Reading the paper again I get your point that said, and speaking as someone with previous experience operating an ICANN accredited Registrar, it is not easy drafting multiple policies to suit various gTLDs and ccTLDs operating across multiple jurisdictions with different legal frameworks when your ultimate goal is to make money from selling domain names across various gTLDs or ccTLDs, compliance can be a costly venture and every business will always look for areas in which it can cut costs. Finding a middle ground in my humble opinion is normally the best route. ccTLDs and gTLDs are subject to laws and regulations of various jurisdictions within which they are used. This will get more interesting as from may next year when the general data protection regulation which affects data that relates to entities in the European Union. Who knows what the ripple effect of GDPR will be?, African countries that are major trading partners with the EU might have to adjust or implement data protection acts to comply with the the regulation. That said and again looking at the Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief vis a vis the Domain Wire Global TLD report published by the Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries , i see a trend where there is steady growth in the ccTLDs space compared to the gTLDs meaning registrars are likely to pay equal attention to ccTLDs as they do to gTLDs hence they might want to comply with Policy requirements set out by ccTLDs and find a balance for gTLDs which are less fussy with regards to policy requirements. On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tomslin,
Please read the following statement (ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains.) In that case , the statement should be rephrased to specify that focus is on generic Top Level domains as opposed to all domains. Be that as it may , i was reading the domain wire global TLD report which had the following statistics. At the end of Q4 (2016) there were 309.4 million domain names across all TLDs. Out of this ccTLDs were 123.9 Million. From the statistics you can see that ccTLDs have significant registrations which may lend credence to the hypothesis i made.
Best
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Barrack, I believe the paper focuses on only gTLDs though, where it is expected for the registrars not to assume the role of moral policing.
---- Tomslin
On 8 November 2017 at 15:17, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi Mercy,
Most registrars that register Country Code Top Level Domain registries encounter this requirement. A high number of Country Code Top Level Domain Registries are under some form of supervision by Regulatory Agencies across the globe. This is especially so in Africa where a majority of the registries (approximately 40 %) are operated by a regulator , government institution or University as such it is common to find clauses limiting offensive and inappropriate registrations in the registry policy. This is a debatable issue but again governments serve as moral police within their respective territories. The case is different for generic Top Level Domain registries which are more consumer driven, (the .xxx kind)
Regards
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:40 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Internet Governance Project did an analysis of the ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains. Their findings are intriguing especially since they show that there is a link between domain name policy and internet content regulation.
e.g.:
*We found the ToS of 26 registrars using the term “moral” in some manner, ranging from prohibiting use of the domain that is “contrary to” or “violates good morals”, or requiring that the domain or content found at the domain "must comply with...social public morals” or “good morals", to the most frequently found restriction of domain name use in "morally objectionable activities". *
https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.internetgovernance.org/wo rdpress/wp-content/uploads/AmoralReg-PAPER-final.pdf
Might be of interest.
-- *Mercy Mutemi*.
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