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<p>Hi Farzi, I would like to talk with the GAC about Free Expression
and Due Process. The GAC has an uncomfortable history of only
listening to the intellectual property community on matters of the
RPMs*, but not actually hearing anything from us about concerns
for free expression, fair use and fair dealing and due process to
ensure that organizations', individuals' and entrepreneurs' domain
names (and their entire websites, etc.) are not seized without a
fair process. <br>
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<p>Especially with the GAC's interest in human rights, we should
talk with them about the Rights Protections Mechanisms Working
Group and why their (GAC's) concerns for human rights should be
playing out in this Working Group as well as many other parts of
ICANN. <br>
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<p>Best and tx for asking, Kathy <br>
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(By way of background to anyone who is interested:<br>
*RPMs => "rights protections mechanisms" which balance trademark
rights and domain name registrant rights in domain names. The
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and Uniform Rapid
Suspension (URS) are two of the ways that trademark owners can seek
to obtain, suspend and cancel domain names of registrants. When the
domain names happens to be (or include) an ordinary word, such as
fox, a common industry term such as mobile, or a popular first and
last name such as Ashley or Smith, there is a tension because all of
these terms are trademarked, and yet all of these terms are in use
in a myriad of commercial and noncommercial ways. If you are
interested in these issues, please let me know.)<br>
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<div dir="auto">I suggest INTERNET SHUTDOWNS and CHEAPER
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<div>Thank you for arranging this bilateral,
Farzaneh. It is great that we are continuing the
dialogue with the GAC and that they have found
the time to meet with us again. An excellent
signal that our profile is rising within the
community. Thanks for all your work making this
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will have a meeting with GAC in Puerto Rico
during ICANN 61 on Monday, March 12. They
have given us a nice early morning meeting,
8.30 to 9 before the opening ceremony. <br>
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than GDPR and Privacy, what other topics
would you like to discuss? Consider that we
have a limited time, we will compile your
suggested topics and see what will be
approved by NCSG PC. When we have decided
the topics, then we will choose some NCSG
members who are the subject matter experts
to be present on the podium. <br>
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<div style="font-family:'verdana',sans-serif">In
our last meeting, I opened with a couple of
words about NCUC (it was an NCUC meeting).
This time I will tell them what NCSG is
breifly. <br>
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