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Accessing ICANN meetings remotely seems to be getting worse
It seems to be increasing difficult to participate in the ICANN meetings remotely.
I am wondering why there can't be an audio feed and chat room for all open meetings? And why are all audio feeds not archived? (Not everybody is in the same timezone so it is not always possible to listen to the audio feed real time.
Video feeds would be useful too I know they are bandwidth intensive but why not just archive them? Surely somebody could post them to Youtube even! (straight after the meeting)?
As an example of the problems take today's workshop -
New gTLDs, Trademark Law & Monopoly Law
Most peoples understanding of gTLDs is they differ from “domain names” in that they are used to identify a class of “domain names” or the source of domains from a constituent group.
Under trademark law Generic terms are not permitted as trademarks because they identify the product itself, not the source of a product.
Is this subtle but very important difference also to be incorporated into new gTLDs?
Learning and participating in Paris meeting remotely.
I logged on to the ICANN site today and made my way to the chat room. On previous occasions I could watch video or if the quality wasn’t good enough I could at least listen to the audio in real time. I was told by the site admin in the chat room that there is no real time streaming for the whole of the Paris meeting.
Very disappointing.
Especially for an organization seeking to be more open and transparent in the eyes of the world.
