Question: Do the candidates think that almost the European Community TLDs rules should be coordinated as to be the same for each country part of EEC and EEC citizens should be able to register domains in each EEC country?

Nominee Replies

Andy Mueller-Maguhn - posted on 2000-10-02 00:29:41 I don´t think it will be possible to coordinate the policies in all european ccTLD´s through ICANN or any other organization, cause countries have their own ideas about this. On the other hand side, it would be a good idea that ICANN at least gives a short set of rules for the ccTLD´s, to avoid the misuse of a ccTLD through the registration authority. I would support to policy to enable any normal citizen (and not only busines organization) to have a Domain under ccTLD. Currently, not all european countries do allow this. ICANN should explicitily mention, that the name space - also, that under ccTLD`s - is a public space, not a space only for commercial and/or governmental organizations. Olivier Muron - posted on 2000-09-28 08:40:46 I don't think a strong coordination would be feasible. A good answer to your question will be the creation of .eu. The use of .eu will give a new visibility to European businesses and to the european values and cultures. I fully support the creation of a new TLD .eu, that will contribute to the development of Internet in Europe. Jeanette Hofmann - posted on 2000-09-27 17:01:18 Frankly, I don't see any advantage in a uniform rule set for European TLDs. As a netizen, I am striving to preserve the Net's diversity. Different TLD policies are a means to this end. Registering domain names under various ccTLDs is a different matter. Several ccTLD registrars have already changed their policies and do accept now registrations from non-citizens or consider to do so. Winfried Schueller - posted on 2000-09-27 05:31:10 The decision whether you can register domains in a certain country was delegated to the according NIC. Only the countries have the right to decide who will be allowed to register names. Some countries decided to use second-level domains like UK or AT (e.g. .co.uk, or .ac.at), some decided not to use any charter, some decided that only citizens from the country can register a name, and soon... A new chance of doing it a different way might be the .eu domain. Alf Hansen - posted on 2000-09-25 04:06:16 My view is that such detailed co-ordination is not necessary. The ccTLD managers must follow the laws in their respective countries, and not limit registrations against the law.