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1++ to Milton. A slippery slope. Next step would be to ask the UN to intervene. The better way is to follow the NRO approach. We do have an "empowered community".
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"Mueller, Milton L" <
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Kathy,
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I am not at all comfortable with asking the U.S. Congress to get involved in this.
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Are you? When Access Now called for Congress to get involved it was clearly due to their lack of experience and knowledge of the IG/ICANN space. We went through the IANA transition to liberate DNS governance from a single jurisdiction. If we call them back in then what do we say when the IPR interests ask for legislation regarding Whois?
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From: NCSG-Discuss <
<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>> On Behalf Of Kathy Kleiman
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Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:38 AM
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To:
<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>
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Subject: Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale
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Hi All,
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Happy New Year!! I don't think this has been posted on this list yet. On 12/23, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, with Representative Anna Eshoo wrote a letter to PIR, Ethos Capital and ISOC questioning whether nonprofit groups, free speech and internet users would be harmed selling control of .ORG domains to a private equity firm. It's a good letter that shows their staff did some in depth research.
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Overview webpage:
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<a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm</a>
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Letter itself:
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<a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf</a>
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Kathy (Kleiman)
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