4. Market and economic impacts [GAC Scorecard]

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Item Ratingsort icon GAC advice Board notes
4.1 2

Amend the final Draft Applicant Guidebook to incorporate the following:

Criteria to facilitate the weighing of the potential costs and benefits to the public in the evaluation and award of new gTLDs.

It is not planned that information gathered as part of the application will be used to predict the net benefit of the prospective TLD – that would be too speculative to be of real value. However, during the discussions between the GAC and the Board in Brussels, the GAC indicated that the weighing of costs and benefits should instead take place as part of the new gTLD program review as specified in section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments.
4.2 1B

A requirement that new gTLD applicants provide information on the expected benefits of the proposed gTLD, as well as information and proposed operating terms to eliminate or minimize costs to registrants and consumers.

As clarified through the discussions with the GAC in Brussels, ICANN will continue to explore with the GAC during the ICANN Public meeting in March 2011what data might be included in the application to provide useful input to later economic studies and community analysis.
4.3 1A

Due diligence or other operating restrictions to ensure that Community-based gTLDs will in fact serve their targeted communities and will not broaden their operations in a manner that makes it more likely for the registries to impose costs on existing domain owners in other TLDs.

ICANN will continue to work to ensure that post-delegation dispute mechanisms adequately address this concern.

Broken down by subject:
1. The objection procedures including the requirements for governments to pay fees | 2. Procedures for the review of sensitive strings | 3. Root Zone Scaling | 4. Market and Economic Impacts | 5. Registry – Registrar Separation | 6. Protection of Rights Owners and consumer protection issue | 7. Post-Delegation Disputes | 8. Use of geographic names | 9. Legal Recourse for Applications | 10. Providing opportunities for all stakeholders including those from developing countries | 11. Law enforcement due diligence recommendations | 12. The need for an early warning to applicants whether a proposed string would be considered controversial or to raise sensitivities (including geographical names)