[Request for Input] PIR Advisory Council Meeting Agenda

[Mitch Stoltz]

Dear Farzaneh,
     In early 2017 we learned that PIR was, on its own initiative and 
with no public input, creating a UDRP-like arbitration system to rule on 
copyright claims against the contents of a website, presumably leading 
to domain name suspension or transfer. When EFF began asking questions 
about this, PIR announced that it was no longer pursuing it.

See
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/shadow-regulation-withers-sunlight
https://pir.org/5776-2/

As this is no longer an active initiative, I do not recommend that you 
bring it up at the PIR Advisory Council. But if PIR should again raise 
proposals to regulate the content of websites and Internet services as a 
domain registry in ways not required by its ICANN contract (whether for 
copyright enforcement, pharmacy registration enforcement, or any other 
goal) I encourage you to speak out about it.
     Best,
       Mitch

Mitch Stoltz
Senior Staff Attorney, EFF | 415-436-9333 x142
https://www.eff.org/donate | https://act.eff.org/

On 8/30/18 12:37 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
> Dear NCSG,
>
> I am still the NCSG representative on Public Interest Registry 
> Advisory Council and going to attend their meeting in October. The 
> agenda of the meeting is set usually by PIR but I am hoping we can 
> provide some feedback.
>
> What items would you like to discuss?
>
> Please let me know by 4th of September, I would like to send the 
> suggestions off soon so that they have enough time to think about 
> including or not including them.
>
>
>
> Best regards
> Farzaneh

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