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===Stakeholder Reactions===

===Stakeholder Reactions===

ICANN's [[RySG|Registry Stakeholder Group]] is very much opposed to the PICs and the rest of the proposed Registry Agreement, which includes provisions to only allow new registries to work with registrars that are party to their own new registrar accreditation agreement, which has yet to be settled upon. TLD applicants have argued that they are being used as a "wedge" to force registrars into signing a still non-existent agreement. The RySg has said, the Registry Agreement “contains so many serious and fundamental flaws that it should be withdrawn in its entirety." The U.S. Governement's [[NTIA|National Telecommunications and Information Administration]], from which ICANN is given its mandate and oversight, has encouraged all applicants to submit PICs that related to verification of registration, the validity of [[Whois]] data, and help protect the "creative sector", a reference to content producers that are often subject to piracy on the Internet.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11987-ntia-fights-big-contents-corner-tells-all-new-gtld-applicants-to-submit-pics NTIA Fights Big Contents Corner Tells All New gTLD Applicants to Submit PICs, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved 4 Mar 2013</ref>

ICANN's [[RySG|Registry Stakeholder Group]] is very much opposed to the PICs and the rest of the proposed Registry Agreement, which includes provisions to only allow new registries to work with registrars that are party to their own new registrar accreditation agreement, which has yet to be settled upon. TLD applicants have argued that they are being used as a "wedge" to force registrars into signing a still non-existent agreement. The RySg has said, the Registry Agreement “contains so many serious and fundamental flaws that it should be withdrawn in its entirety." The U.S. Governement's [[NTIA|National Telecommunications and Information Administration]], from which ICANN is given its mandate and oversight, encouraged all applicants to submit PICs that related to verification of registration, the validity of [[Whois]] data, and help protect the "creative sector", a reference to content producers that are often subject to piracy on the Internet.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11987-ntia-fights-big-contents-corner-tells-all-new-gtld-applicants-to-submit-pics NTIA Fights Big Contents Corner Tells All New gTLD Applicants to Submit PICs, DomainIncite.com] Retrieved 4 Mar 2013</ref>

 

==PICs Submitted==

==PICs Submitted==

499 PIC specs were submitted.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-06mar13-en Announcement 6 Mar 2013, PIC Specs, ICANN.org] Retrieved 7 Mar 2013</ref> The following link out directly to the downloads for the respective PICs submitted:

499 PIC specs were submitted.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-06mar13-en Announcement 6 Mar 2013, PIC Specs, ICANN.org] Retrieved 7 Mar 2013</ref> The following link out directly to the downloads for the respective PICs submitted: