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| === Applicant Freedom and Safeguards === | | === Applicant Freedom and Safeguards === |
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| SubPro looked for a balance regarding to applicant freedom of expression with safeguards related to DNS Abuse, public interest commitments, and protections for specific categories of strings.
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| The Working Group reaffirmed Principle G from the 2007 policy, which states: "The string evaluation | | The AGB reflects SubPro’s balancing of applicant freedom of expression with safeguards related to legal rights, objection mechanisms, and program integrity. SubPro reaffirmed that the evaluation process should not infringe applicants’ freedom of expression under internationally recognized principles of law, while also requiring respect for enforceable legal rights (including intellectual property rights).<ref name="subpro-final" /><ref name="agb" /> |
| process must not infringe the applicant’s freedom of expression rights that are protected under internationally recognized principles of law." Also, The WG further affirmed Recommendation 3: "Strings must not infringe the existing legal rights of others that are recognized or enforceable under generally accepted and internationally recognized principles of law. Examples of these legal rights that are internationally recognized include, but are not limited to, rights defined in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (in particular trademark rights), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (in | |
| particular freedom of speech rights)." Nevertheless, it should be taken into consideration the applicant's freedom of expression rights in the TLD proposed during pre-application through delegation
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| === Applicant Support Program === | | === Applicant Support Program === |