Public Interest Commitments

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Public Interest Commitments (PICs) as related to new gTLD applicants and the Registry Agreement they are to sign, is a term and creation directly from ICANN, first suggested on February 5th, 2013, in ICANN's revised new registry agreement that it opened for public comments.

PICs are voluntary amendments that applicants can create, sign, and undertake along with the general registry agreement in order to hold their registry operations to certain standards. They seem to originally have been developed as a way to allow applicants to appease GAC members that may be concerned about how their application stands as is, or how ICANN will be able to ensure a potential registry remains compliant with its aspirations and mandate as it defined in its summary of its proposed operations in the TLD application. As is, prior to PICs, there was no clear way of defining operating procedures when moving from the long form essays in the TLD application to the Registry Agreement.

For example, if an applicant expresses a desire to restrict registration to a certain group of professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, etc., the applicant can create a PIC to underline this and hold their future registry to that standard. If the applicant did not originally intend to create such restrictions as defined in its TLD application, but it has received communication from the GAC that the supporting organization intends to oppose their application to the ICANN Board without such language, then the PIC can be added as an appeal to those governments.

Timeline

It is a controversial topic that many applicants think was created quickly, with no outside input, and is presented in such a way that they feel compelled to make a decision without fully understanding the proposal. It seems to apply to a small subset of applicants, as only 145 of 1,409 strings were flagged by GAC Early Warnings, the primary target for PICs.[1] The dispute resolution procedure, the Public Interest Commitment Dispute Resolution Process or PICDRP, has yet to be defined. Applicants were given one month, until March 5th, to submit their PICs. It seemed to conflict with other deadlines, such as the end of objection filling just a week later, so, "potential objectors would have to decide whether to file their objections based on PICs that have been published for just one week and that could be amended post-deadline."[1][2]

ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé noted around the imminent closing of the PIC submission date that this issue has the potential for pushing back the receipt of GAC advice and therefore the entire TLD implementation schedule, which is tightly fixed and aiming to recommend the first TLDs for delegation by April 23rd. ICANN will not recommend TLDs for implementation without the GAC's final advice, and the GAC seems to be placing a great import on the submission of PICs, to which the applicants remain wary.[3]

Stakeholder Reactions

ICANN's 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 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.[4]

PICs Submitted

499 PIC specs were submitted.[5] The following link out directly to the downloads for the respective PICs submitted:

  1. .airforce - Demand Media, PIC
  2. .app - Famous Four Media, PIC
  3. .army - Demand Media, PIC
  4. .bar - Demand Media, PIC
  5. .bargains - Donuts, PIC
  6. .baseball - Donuts, PIC
  7. .basketball - Famous Four Media, PIC
  8. .beauty - Donuts, PIC
  9. .bet - Famous Four Media, PIC
  10. .bet - Donuts, PIC
  11. .bike - Donuts, PIC
  12. .bingo - Famous Four Media, PIC
  13. .book - Famous Four Media, PIC
  14. .book - Donuts, PIC
  15. .bradesco - Banco Bradesco S.A., PIC
  16. .buzz - dotStrategy, PIC
  17. .cam - Demand Media, PIC
  18. .career - dotCareer LLC, PIC
  19. .casino - Famous Four Media, PIC
  20. .casino - dotBeauty LLC, PIC
  21. .charity - Donuts, PIC
  22. .charity - Famous Four Media, PIC
  23. .cheap - Donuts, PIC
  24. .city - Donuts, PIC
  25. .claims - Donuts, PIC
  26. .cleaning - Donuts, PIC
  27. .clinic - Donuts, PIC
  28. .clothing - Donuts, PIC
  29. .cloud - Donuts, PIC
  30. .club - Donuts, PIC
  31. .coffee - Donuts, PIC
  32. .college - Donuts, PIC
  33. .community, Donuts, PIC
  34. .company - Donuts, PIC
  35. .computer - Donuts, PIC
  36. .condos - Donuts, PIC
  37. .consulting - Donuts, PIC
  38. .contractors - Donuts, PIC
  39. .cool - Donuts, PIC
  40. .corp - Donuts, PIC
  41. .construction - Donuts, PIC
  42. .coupons - Donuts, PIC
  43. .cpa - Donuts, PIC
  44. .credit - Donuts, PIC
  45. .creditcard - Donuts, PIC
  46. .creditunion - CUNA, PIC
  47. .cricket - Donuts, PIC
  48. .cruise - Cruise Lines International Association Inc., PIC
  49. .cruises - Donuts, PIC
  50. .dance - Demand Media, PIC
  51. .date - Donuts, PIC
  52. .dating - Donuts, PIC
  53. .deals - Donuts, PIC
  54. .degree - Donuts, PIC
  55. .delivery - Donuts, PIC
  56. .democrat - Demand Media, PIC
  57. .dental - Donuts, PIC
  58. .dentist - Donuts, PIC
  59. .design - Donuts, PIC
  60. .diamonds - Donuts, PIC
  61. .diet - Donuts, PIC
  62. .digital - Donuts, PIC
  63. .direct - Donuts, PIC
  64. .directory - Donuts, PIC
  65. .discount - Donuts, PIC
  66. .doctor - Donuts, PIC
  67. .dog - Donuts, PIC
  68. .domains - Donuts, PIC
  69. .download - Famous Four Media, PIC
  70. .eco - Big Room Inc., PIC
  71. .eco - Donuts, PIC
  72. .ecom - Ecommerce Inc., PIC
  73. .education - Donuts, PIC
  74. .email - Donuts, PIC
  75. .energy - Famous Four Media, PIC
  76. .engineer - Donuts, PIC
  77. .engineering - Donuts, PIC
  78. .enterprises - Donuts, PIC
  79. .equipment - Donuts, PIC
  80. .estate - Donuts, PIC
  81. .events - Donuts, PIC
  82. .exchange - Donuts, PIC
  83. .expert - Donuts, PIC
  84. .exposed - Donuts, PIC
  85. .express - Donuts, PIC
  86. .fail - Donuts, PIC
  87. .family - Donuts, PIC
  88. .fan - Donuts, PIC
  89. .farm - Donuts, PIC
  90. .fashion - Donuts, PIC
  91. .film - Donuts, PIC
  92. .finance - Donuts, PIC
  93. .financial - Donuts, PIC
  94. .fish - Donuts, PIC
  95. .fishing - Demand Media, PIC
  96. .fitness - Donuts, PIC
  97. .flights - Donuts, PIC
  98. .florist - Donuts, PIC
  99. .flowers - Donuts, PIC
  100. .food - Donuts, PIC
  101. .football - Donuts, PIC
  102. .forsale - Donuts, PIC
  103. .forum - Donuts, PIC
  104. .foundation - Donuts, PIC
  105. .free - Donuts, PIC
  106. .fun - Donuts, PIC
  107. .fund - Donuts, PIC
  108. .furniture - Donuts, PIC
  109. .flowers - Donuts, PIC
  110. .futbol - Donuts, PIC
  111. .fyi - Donuts, PIC
  112. .gallery - Donuts, PIC
  113. .games - Donuts, PIC
  114. .garden - Donuts, PIC
  115. .gay - Demand Media, PIC
  116. .gcc - GCCIX WLL, PIC
  117. .gecompany - GE GTLD Holdings LLC, PIC
  118. .gifts - Donuts, PIC
  119. .gives - Donuts, PIC
  120. .glass - Donuts, PIC
  121. .global - Donuts, PIC
  122. .gmbh - Donuts, PIC
  123. .gmbh - InterNetWire, PIC
  124. .gold - Donuts, PIC
  125. .golf - Donuts, PIC
  126. .graphics - Donuts, PIC
  127. .gratis - Donuts, PIC
  128. .green - DotGreen Community Inc., PIC
  129. .green - Demand Media, PIC
  130. .gripe - Donuts, PIC
  131. .group - Donuts, PIC
  132. .guide - Donuts, PIC
  133. .guru - Donuts, PIC
  134. .halal - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  135. .haus - Donuts, PIC
  136. .health - DotHealth, LLC, PIC
  137. .health - dot Health Limited, PIC
  138. .health - Donuts, PIC
  139. .healthcare - Donuts, PIC
  140. .help, Donuts, PIC
  141. .hiv - dotHIV gemeinnuetziger e.V., PIC
  142. .hockey - Donuts, PIC
  143. .holdings - Donuts, PIC
  144. .holiday - Donuts, PIC
  145. .home - Donuts, PIC
  146. .hospital - Donuts, PIC
  147. .hosting - Donuts, PIC
  148. .hot - Donuts, PIC
  149. .hotel - Donuts, PIC
  150. .hotel - Famous Four Media, PIC
  151. .house - Donuts, PIC
  152. .idn - NameShop, PIC
  153. .immo - Donuts, PIC
  154. .immo - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  155. .immobilien - Demand Media, PIC
  156. .inc - Donuts, PIC
  157. .industries - Donuts, PIC
  158. .institute - Donuts, PIC
  159. .insurance - Donuts, PIC
  160. .insure - Donuts, PIC
  161. .international - Donuts, PIC
  162. .investments - Donuts, PIC
  163. .islam - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  164. .jewelry - Richemont DNS Inc., PIC
  165. .jewelry - Donuts, PIC
  166. .juegos - Donuts, PIC
  167. .kaufen - Demand Media, PIC
  168. .kids - DotKids Foundation Limited, PIC
  169. .kitchen - Donuts, PIC
  170. .kiwi - Dot Kiwi Limited, PIC
  171. .land - Donuts PIC
  172. .latino - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  173. .law - Famous Four Media, PIC
  174. .law - Donuts, PIC
  175. .lawyer - Donuts, PIC
  176. .lease - Donuts, PIC
  177. .legal - Donuts, PIC
  178. .lighting - Donuts, PIC
  179. .limited - Donuts, PIC
  180. .limo - Donuts, PIC
  181. .living - Donuts, PIC
  182. .llc - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  183. .llc - Donuts, PIC
  184. .loan - Famous Four Media, PIC
  185. .loans - Donuts, PIC
  186. .london - Dot London Domains Limited, PIC
  187. .love - Donuts, PIC
  188. .ltd - Donuts, PIC
  189. .luxe - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  190. .luxury - Donuts, PIC
  191. .mail - Donuts, PIC
  192. .mail - 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH, PIC
  193. .maison - Donuts, PIC
  194. .man - MAN SE, PIC
  195. .management - Donuts, PIC
  196. .map - Demand Media, PIC
  197. .market - Donuts, PIC
  198. .marketing - Donuts, PIC
  199. .mba - Donuts, PIC
  200. .med - Medistry, PIC
  201. .med - HEXAP SAS, PIC
  202. .media - Donuts, PIC
  203. .medical - Donuts, PIC
  204. .memorial - Donuts, PIC
  205. .merck - Merck KGaA, PIC
  206. .mobile - Donuts, PIC
  207. .moda - Donuts, PIC
  208. .mom - Demand Media, PIC
  209. .money - Donuts, PIC
  210. .money - Famous Four Media, PIC
  211. .mortgage - Donuts, PIC
  212. .moto - Demand Media, PIC
  213. .movie - Famous Four Media, PIC
  214. .movie - Donuts, PIC
  215. .music - Famous Four Media, PIC
  216. .music - Donuts, PIC
  217. .music - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  218. .navy - Demand Media, PIC
  219. .network - Donuts, PIC
  220. .news - Donuts, PIC
  221. .ninja - Demand Media, PIC
  222. .now - Donuts, PIC
  223. .nowruz - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  224. .nrw - Minds + Machines, PIC
  225. .online - Tucows, PIC
  226. .online - Donuts, PIC
  227. .ooo - INFIBEAM INCORPORATION LIMITED, PIC
  228. .organic - Afilias, PIC
  229. .pars - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  230. .partners - Donuts, PIC
  231. .parts - Donuts, PIC
  232. .patagonia - Patagonia, Inc., PIC
  233. .persiangulf -Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  234. .pets - Donuts, PIC
  235. .phone - Donuts, PIC
  236. .photography - Donuts, PIC
  237. .photos - Donuts, PIC
  238. .pictures - Donuts, PIC
  239. .pizza - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  240. .pizza - Donuts, PIC
  241. .place - Donuts, PIC
  242. .plumbing - Donuts, PIC
  243. .plus - Donuts, PIC
  244. .poker - Donuts, PIC
  245. .poker - Dot Poker LLC, PIC
  246. .poker - dot Poker Limited, PIC
  247. .productions - Donuts, PIC
  248. .properties - Donuts, PIC
  249. .property - Donuts, PIC
  250. .property - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  251. .pub - Demand Media, PIC
  252. .racing - Donuts, PIC
  253. .racing - Famous Four Media, PIC
  254. .radio - Donuts, PIC
  255. .radio - BRS Media, PIC
  256. .realestate - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  257. .realestate - Donuts, PIC
  258. .realty - Donuts, PIC
  259. .recipes - Donuts, PIC
  260. .red - Donuts, PIC
  261. .rehab - Demand Media, PIC
  262. .reise - dotreise GmbH, PIC
  263. .reisen - Donuts, PIC
  264. .rent - Donuts, PIC
  265. .rentals - Donuts, PIC
  266. .repair - Donuts, PIC
  267. .report - Donuts, PIC
  268. .republican - Demand Media, PIC
  269. .restaurant - Donuts, PIC
  270. .restaurant - Demand Media, PIC
  271. .review - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  272. .reviews - Donuts, PIC
  273. .rip - Demand Media, PIC
  274. .rocks - Donuts, PIC
  275. .rodeo - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  276. .roma - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  277. .rugby - IRB Strategic Developments Limited, PIC
  278. .rugby - Donuts, PIC
  279. .rugby - Famous Four Media, PIC
  280. .run - Donuts, PIC
  281. .sale - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  282. .sale - Donuts, PIC
  283. .salon - Donuts, PIC
  284. .sap - SAP AG, PIC
  285. .sarl - Donuts, PIC
  286. .sarl - mySarl GmbH, PIC
  287. .school - Donuts, PIC
  288. .school - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  289. .schule - Donuts, PIC
  290. .science - Top Level Domain Holdings, PIC
  291. .search - Donuts, PIC
  292. .security - Donuts, PIC
  293. .services - Donuts, PIC
  294. .shia - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  295. .shoes - Donuts, PIC
  296. .shop - Donuts, PIC
  297. .shopping - Donuts, PIC
  298. .show - Donuts, PIC
  299. .singles - Donuts, PIC
  300. .site - Donuts, PIC
  301. .site - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  302. .ski - Donuts, PIC
  303. .smart - SMART, PIC
  304. .soccer - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  305. .soccer - Donuts, PIC
  306. .social - Demand Media, PIC
  307. .software - Donuts, PIC
  308. .solar - Donuts, PIC
  309. .solutions - Donuts, PIC
  310. .spa - Donuts, PIC
  311. .spa - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  312. .sports - Donuts, PIC
  313. .srl - mySRL GmbH, PIC
  314. .storage - Donuts, PIC
  315. .store - [[Donuts[[, PIC
  316. .store - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  317. .stream - Famous Four Media, PIC
  318. .studio - Donuts, PIC
  319. .style - Donuts, PIC
  320. .style - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  321. .sucks - Momentous, PIC
  322. .sucks - Donuts, PIC
  323. .supplies - Donuts, PIC
  324. .supply - Donuts, PIC
  325. .support - Donuts, PIC
  326. .surf - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  327. .surgery - Donuts, PIC
  328. .systems - Donuts, PIC
  329. .tax - Donuts, PIC
  330. .taxi - Donuts, PIC
  331. .taxi - Taxi Pay GmbH, PIC
  332. .team - Donuts, PIC
  333. .tech - Donuts, PIC
  334. .tech - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  335. .technology - Donuts, PIC
  336. .tennis - Donuts, PIC
  337. .theater - Donuts, PIC
  338. .tickets - Shubert Internet, Inc., PIC
  339. .tickets - Accent Media Limited, PIC
  340. .tickets - Donuts, PIC
  341. .tienda - Donuts, PIC
  342. .tips - Donuts, PIC
  343. .tires - Donuts, PIC
  344. .tools - Donuts, PIC
  345. .tours - Donuts, PIC
  346. .town - Donuts, PIC
  347. .toys - Donuts, PIC
  348. .trading - Donuts, PIC
  349. training - Donuts, PIC
  350. .tube - Latin American Telecom LLC, PIC
  351. .tube - Donuts, PIC
  352. .ummah - Ummah Digital Limited, PIC
  353. .university - Donuts, PIC
  354. .vacations - Donuts, PIC
  355. .ventures - Donuts, PIC
  356. .vet - Donuts, PIC
  357. .viajes - Donuts, PIC
  358. .video - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  359. .video - Donuts, PIC
  360. .villas - Donuts, PIC
  361. .vin - Donuts, PIC
  362. .vip - Top Level Domain Holdings, PIC
  363. .vip - Donuts, PIC
  364. .vision - Donuts, PIC
  365. .vodka - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  366. .vote - Donuts, PIC
  367. .voyage - Donuts, PIC
  368. .watch - Donuts, PIC
  369. .watches - Richemont DNS Inc, PIC
  370. .web - Donuts, PIC
  371. .website - Donuts, PIC
  372. .website - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  373. .wed - Atgron, Inc., PIC
  374. .wedding - Donuts, PIC
  375. .wedding - Top Level Domain Holdings, PIC
  376. .win - Famous Four Media, PIC
  377. .wine - Donuts, PIC
  378. .work - Top Level Domain Holdings, PIC
  379. .works - Donuts, PIC
  380. .world - Donuts, PIC
  381. .wow - Demand Media, PIC
  382. .wtf - Donuts, PIC
  383. .yoga - Donuts, PIC
  384. .yoga - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  385. .zone - Donuts, PIC
  386. .zulu - Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., PIC
  387. .онлайн - CORE, PIC
  388. .рус - Rusnames Limited, https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/159 PIC]
  389. .сайт - CORE, PIC
  390. .بازار - CORE, PIC
  391. .همراه - Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San., PIC
  392. .企业 - Donuts, PIC
  393. .健康 - Stable Tone Limited, PIC
  394. .公益 - CONAC, PIC
  395. .商店 - Donuts, PIC
  396. .娱乐 - Donuts, PIC
  397. .慈善 - Zodiac, PIC
  398. .手表 - Richemont DNS Inc., PIC
  399. .政务 - CONAC, PIC

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ICANNs New gTLD Public Interest Commitments, DomainIncite.com Retrieved 4 Mar 2013
  2. ↑ Public Comment, Base Agreement, 5 Feb 13, ICANN.org Retrieved 4 Mar 2013
  3. ↑ Application Download, PICS could be Beijing Deal Breaker for New gTLDs DomainIncite.comPublished March 4th, Retrieved March 5th 2013
  4. ↑ NTIA Fights Big Contents Corner Tells All New gTLD Applicants to Submit PICs, DomainIncite.com Retrieved 4 Mar 2013
  5. ↑ Announcement 6 Mar 2013, PIC Specs, ICANN.org Retrieved 7 Mar 2013
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