Question: myungkoo kang(korea Internet forum) What is your position on chartered as opposed to general TLDs? Do you think special purpose TLDs should be established for non-commercial purposes?

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Sureswaran Ramadass - posted on 2000-10-09 03:41:49 Yes, I think special non-commercial TLDs should be estalished. Masanobu Katoh - posted on 2000-10-05 14:39:33 Chartered TLDs can be very useful if we select them carefully and can avoid some of the cybersquatting problems. I think that ICANN should included chartered TLDs as one of the possibilities for future gTLDs. Whether we should create a separarte TLDs for non-commercial purposes only should be reviewed in the same open and transparent process the ICANN Board adopted in Yokohama. Johannes Chiang - posted on 2000-10-05 08:54:07 1. The Chartered TLD's was discussed in the NCDNHC forum in Yokohama. Great power will be given to those who write the Charters. I think it will be excellent, if Charters are democratically written and approved by all registrants in a TLD. But proponents of Chartered TLD's may have other plans. There is great scope for oppression of registrants in chartered TLD's. 2. A special purpose TLD for non-commercial purposes could be used to drive all non-commercial registrations to that TLD. The real world is not so neatly divided. In reality, many Domains start as Individual or non-commercial, but then find a market niche and become commercial. My personal preference is freedom to register wherever the registrant wants, but perhaps you have a different view.