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The International Rugby Board wrote to Donuts, saying,  "As the global representative of the sport and the only applicant vested with the trust and representation of the rugby community, we are unquestionably the rightful steward of .RUGBY.… Without the support of the global rugby community your commercialization efforts for .RUGBY will be thwarted. We are also preparing an objection to file against your application in accordance with ICANN rules to which you will be required to dedicate resources to formulate a response."<ref name="Donuts Letter"></ref>

The International Rugby Board wrote to Donuts, saying,  "As the global representative of the sport and the only applicant vested with the trust and representation of the rugby community, we are unquestionably the rightful steward of .RUGBY.… Without the support of the global rugby community your commercialization efforts for .RUGBY will be thwarted. We are also preparing an objection to file against your application in accordance with ICANN rules to which you will be required to dedicate resources to formulate a response."<ref name="Donuts Letter"></ref>

===Donuts Responds===

===Donuts Responds===

Donuts responded via [[Jon Nevett]] in a written letter to the U.K. GAC representative that it later made public on its website. It argues that it would be a better steward of [[.rugby]] as it has no vested interested other than in the health and security of the [[TLD]], and not in the rugby related content. They note that ROAR Domains seems to essentially be seeking community status even though it did not choose to apply as a [[Community TLD|community applicant]]. It further notes that it believes IRB's threats that they will file objections in an effort to see their competition, including Donuts, thrown out. Mr. Nevett notes that he understands the logic and looks forward to a debate about what constitutes a legitimate objection. Lastly, Jon emphasizes that it is not up to governments to pick winning and losing applications for gTLDs, despite the fact that [[ROAR Domains]] and its partners seem to hope they can do exactly this.

Donuts responded via [[Jon Nevett]] in a written letter to the U.K. GAC representative that it later made public on its website. The letter is directed at the GAC Representative but direcly engages correspondence received from both the IRB and ROAR Domains. He argues that Donuts would be a better steward of [[.rugby]] as it has no vested interested other than in the health and security of the [[TLD]], and not in the rugby related content. They note that ROAR Domains seems to essentially be seeking community status even though it did not choose to apply as a [[Community TLD|community applicant]]. It further notes that it believes IRB's threats that they will file objections in an effort to see their competition, including Donuts, thrown out. Mr. Nevett notes that he understands the logic and looks forward to a debate about what constitutes a legitimate objection. Lastly, Jon emphasizes that it is not up to governments to pick winning and losing applications for gTLDs, despite the fact that [[ROAR Domains]] and its partners seem to hope they can do exactly this.

The full Donuts response can be seen [http://www.donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_reply_to_uk_early_warning.pdf here].

The full Donuts response can be seen [http://www.donuts.co/images/stories/donuts_reply_to_uk_early_warning.pdf here].