<div dir="ltr">Hi Robin,<div><br></div><div>Perhaps this is an area in which ALAC and NCSG may find common ground.</div><div><br></div><div>The ALAC has generally found that the PICDRP, as proposed, does not at all serve the public interest. It is designed to allow monied interests to complain about other monied interests, but otherwise is no remedy to anyone else.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-picdrp-15mar13/pdfaEHWCSZEBL.pdf">Here is the ALAC statement on the first draft proposal</a>. Unfortunately, not much has changed between then and now. IMO the process is heavily weighted against whistleblowers, advocates and anyone else -- without a direct FINANCIAL interest -- who is impacted by a registry's changing its own rules in mid-stream.</div>
<div><br></div><div>ALAC is planning to make another statement to the Board on this issue, largely reiterating the public-interest deficiencies which have not been addressed since the first iteration. A joint effort would be useful if the NCSG finds common ground with us on this.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Evan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 October 2013 13:37, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>NCSG and its members may wish to submit a comment on ICANN's plan to be the arbiter of global the public interest.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-picdrp-02oct13-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-picdrp-02oct13-en.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>
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Top-Level Domains</li></ul></div></div><div style="zoom:1;margin-bottom:8px;line-height:1.45em"><div style="font-weight:bold;float:left;font-size:1em">Purpose (Brief): </div><div style="float:left"><div>Seeking comments on the Revised Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure</div>
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<div style="zoom:1;margin-bottom:8px;line-height:1.45em"><div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1em">Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose: </div><div><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.45em">
As previously reported, a dispute resolution procedure will be put in place to address complaints that a Registry in the New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">gTLD</abbr> Program may not be complying with the Public Interest Commitment(s) in Specification 11 of their Registry Agreement with <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr>. A draft procedure was published in draft form on 15 March 2013. A variety of feedback was provided, including comments submitted through <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-picdrp-15mar13/" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(239,103,62);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">public comment forum</a>. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> has considered the input received and has created a <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/draft-picdrp-02oct13-en.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(239,103,62);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Revised PICDRP</a> [PDF, 209 KB] that is being published for comment.</p>
</div></div></div><div style="zoom:1;margin-bottom:8px;line-height:1.45em"><div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1em">Section II: Background: </div><div><div>Specification 11 in potentially over 500 new <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">gTLD</abbr> Registry Agreements will have voluntary Public Interest Commitments that the Registry has made and with which the Registry has agreed to comply. Specification 11 will also have mandatory Public Interest Commitments that the Registry must comply with in all new <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">gTLD</abbr>Registry Agreements. To effectively and efficiently resolve any issues that might arise regarding non-compliance with a Registry’s Public Interest Commitments, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> Contractual Compliance will administer the PICDRP.</div>
</div></div><div style="zoom:1;margin-bottom:8px;line-height:1.45em"><div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1em">Section III: Document and Resource Links: </div><div><div><ul style="margin-top:10px;margin-right:35px;margin-bottom:18px;margin-left:20px;padding-left:15px;display:block">
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/draft-picdrp-02oct13-en.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(239,103,62);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Revised PICDRP</a> [PDF, 209 KB] (2 October 2013)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/draft-picdrp-15mar13-en.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(239,103,62);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Draft PICDRP Requirements</a> [PDF, 349 KB] (15 Mar 2013)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:5px"><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/agreement-approved-02jul13-en.pdf" style="outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;color:rgb(239,103,62);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Registry Agreement</a> [PDF, 2.15 MB]</li>
</ul></div></div></div><div style="zoom:1;margin-bottom:8px;line-height:1.45em"><div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1em">Section IV: Additional Information: </div><div><div>Comments submitted during the previous public comment period have largely been addressed in this Revised PICDRP, including the request that <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> itself ensured compliance with the PICDRP. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> notes that a couple of comments submitted in the public comment forum suggested that the standard of harm be changed from "measurable" to "material" and that the burden of proof be changed from "preponderance of evidence" to "clear and convincing evidence." <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> has considered these requests in light of the nature of the obligations that are to be challenged under the PICDRP. We note that these specific issues were debated during the development of the Trademark Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (Trademark PDDRP) and the Registry Restriction Dispute Resolution Procedure (RRDRP), and a distinction was made between the standards and burden of proof for the Trademark PDDRP as opposed to the RRDRP because of the obligations that those procedures were meant to address. As the Trademark PDDRP is intended to essentially address a pattern and practice of misconduct by the registry operator, the community discussion ultimately lead to a standard of harm and burden of proof higher than that for the RRDRP, in which the Registry Operator is being challenged for failing to comply with a commitment that it made in its Registry Agreement. Given that the PICDRP will also be challenging the Registry Operator's failure to comply with a commitment that it made in its Registry Agreement, it seems logical to adopt the same standard and burden of proof as found in the RRDRP. Accordingly, the standard of harm and burden of proof in the PICDRP will remain as stated in the version that was posted for public comment.</div>
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