cityTLDscity top-level domains

33th ICANN MeetingGovernmental Advisory Committee

Cairo, Nov 2nd 2008

Prepared by Dirk Krischenowski (Founder and CEO of the .berlin TLD)

cityTLD Initiatives today

Manageable Number of cityTLDs ahead

55 cities with more than 3 million inhabitants

381 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants

(4,050 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants)

http://unstats.un.org (data from 1999-2001) http://www.unhabitat.orghttp://esa.un.org/unup/ (data from 2003)

A Challenge – One TLD for many Cities

Berlin (DE) – 500 inhabitants – founded anno 1215

Berlin (DE) – 3.4 mio inhabitants – founded anno 1237

~ 30 public authorities with the name Berlin worldwide from 100 to 20,000 inhabitants, founded after anno 1700

To be discussed

One cityTLDvs.

Many Cities with the same Name

General Remarks

As ccTLDs do for countries, cityTLDs will offer many benefits for the digital identity of cities and the Internet community at large

We agree with the GAC recommendations for cityTLDs

City City

.berlin and .hamburg = For all Berliners/Hamburgers worldwide

.paris = For the city and metropolitan area .bcn = For Barcelona .nyc = For New York City .quebec = For the city and/or province .pdx = For the greater city area

Dotberlin, dot berlin, dot hamburg, dothamburg, dotparis, dotparis, dotbcn, dot bcn, dotnyc, dot nyc, dotquebec, dot quebec, dotpdx

No „One solution fits all“ to cityTLD Issues

Different addressing: inner city suburban metropolitain region region

Different legal frameworks:private semi-private government

Different policies: open gTLD style community closed shop

cityTLD Issues

Case .berlin

The German legal Framework

Existing legal framework for TLDs

Direction of Top-Level Domains to the private sector self-regulated management

German government involved during all times, support/no-objection expressed

www.sei.berlinwww.be.berlin

The .berlin Community

Open for participation by everybody since 2005, many community events

>100 community partners (associations, companies, individuals etc.) that represent city organisations, SMEs, tourism, culture, science, law, and citizens

Sharing the Name BERLIN

All public authorities with the name Berlin should be incorporated and respected for .berlin

We used any multiple communication channels (visit, letter, tel, fax, email and via embassies, CCIs, GAC etc.) to contact Berlin public authorities globally

Our offer: All Berliners worldwide will be able to register .berlin

Response so far: „No objections“

.berlin Internet Governance Model

User rights

Reserved Names

Monopoly

TechnicalFinance

Operation

Data Safety

Fair & transparent

Confusion

Our aim is to develop and define principles, norms and guidelines for best practice of the management of the .berlin name space

Trademarks

Security

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Case .nyc

The US legal Framework

No legal framework for (g)TLDs, but potentially support/non-objection needed by the city

Connecting.nyc Inc. – A New York State not-for-profit corporation.

Corporate Governance Board of Directors – Individuals, Civil Society, Ex-Officio

Government seats, Business seats. Community Advisory Network

Sharing the Name NYC

Unique name for a unique city.

A „new“ global city – founded 1643.

No apparent collisions.

Laying a „Welcome Home“ mat for New York firms with pre .nyc domain names.

Case .paris

The French legal Framework

No legal framework for gTLDs in France

The City of Paris will take care – in partnership with other stakeholders – of the .paris

Sharing the Name PARIS

We think all authorities with the name Paris should be incorporated and respected for .paris

Paris (France) Mayor will use multiple communication channel to contact public authorities with the name Paris – in a first step the larger ones

Our offer: All people or organizations linked with Paris capital will be able to register Interested by Paris Paris lovers

Sharing the Name PARIS

Others Paris cities worldwide e.g.– www.ci.paris.tx.us– www.paristexas.com– http://ci.paris.il.us– www.parismo.net– www.parisky.org– www.paristnchamber.com

To propose and reach an agreement with those cities– Paris – Texas : tx.us.paris– Paris – Missouris : mo.us.paris

Summary

cityTLDs Issues - Summary

cityTLDs applicants should address the challenge of cities with the same name seriously and actively, regardless what the Applicant Guidebook states

There is no „One solution fits all“ to the issues raised by the cityTLDs

An individual multi-stakeholder approach with information, involvement, incorporation and agreement may lead individual but reasonable solutions