<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thank you Prof. Great insights and objectivity as always. <div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Le 6 mai 2023 à 15:10, Mueller, Milton L <milton@GATECH.EDU> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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IGP wrote an analysis of the new dot Net registry agreement. This might help you form a position
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<a href="https://www.internetgovernance.org/2023/04/30/the-narrative-vlops-and-vlosers-net-renewal-stablecoins/">https://www.internetgovernance.org/2023/04/30/the-narrative-vlops-and-vlosers-net-renewal-stablecoins/</a></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Apr 20, 2023, at 17:45, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks Emmanuel. So I tried to copy paste from Krikos blog but I dont agree with his assertion. (It is still concerning though) basically this clause will enable the registrar at its sole discretion to act upon any government request regardless
of whether it’s a court order or not. Which is pretty dire and a bad situation. But I have to look into it further. It’s worth discussing with the registrars. </div>
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It would allow Verisign, via the new text in 2.7(b)(ii)(5), to:</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.75em;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;padding-left:80px;color:rgb(26,26,26)">
” <strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif">deny, cancel, redirect or transfer any registration</strong> or transaction, or place any domain name(s) on registry lock, hold or similar status, as it deems necessary, in <strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif">its
unlimited and sole discretion</strong>” [the language at the beginning of 2.7(b)(ii), emphasis added]</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.75em;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">
Then it lists when it can take the above measures. The first 3 are non-controversial (and already exist, as they’re not in blue text). The 4th is new, relating to security, and might be abused by Verisign. But, look at the 5th item! I was shocked to see this
new language:</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.75em;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;padding-left:80px;color:rgb(26,26,26)">
“(5) to ensure compliance with applicable law, government rules or regulations, or pursuant to <strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif">any legal order or subpoena of any government, administrative or governmental authority,
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:18 PM Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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I think it would good to have the opinion of all registries, especially PIR.<br>
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On 20/04/2023 13:31, Emmanuel Vitus wrote:<br>
> Ladies and gentlemen!<br>
> Do we have this ongoing process on our radar?<br>
> According to the report, ICANN & and Verisign have proposed changes<br>
> <<a href="https://freespeech.com/2023/04/19/red-alert-icann-and-verisign-proposal-would-allow-any-government-in-the-world-to-seize-domain-names/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freespeech.com/2023/04/19/red-alert-icann-and-verisign-proposal-would-allow-any-government-in-the-world-to-seize-domain-names/</a>>to<br>
> the global domain name policy in their recently published “Proposed Renewal<br>
> of the Registry Agreement for .NET”, which is now open for public comment<br>
> <<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/upcoming-proceedings" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/upcoming-proceedings</a>>. The<br>
> critical changes can be found in Section 2.7 of Appendix 8, on pages<br>
> 147-148. The proposal will allow any government in the world to cancel,<br>
> redirect, or transfer to their control applicable domain names. I think<br>
> NCSG must act on this ASAP.<br>
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> Kind regards,<br>
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> Emmanuel<br>
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