AU WCL, 12/11 at Noon, Controversial Sale of .ORG Registry, The Conversation We Should be Having

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi Amr, Tx for watching!  I thought it was a fascinating discussion! 
Happily, I understand Prof Leff is writing a blog piece ... I'm looking 
forward to reading it too!

Best, Kathy

On 2/15/2020 5:53 AM, Amr Elsadr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for organizing this, Kathy. I watched the YouTube recording 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDeQt-gJNQ&feature=youtu.be> of the 
> discussion. Unfortunately, audio wasn’t great throughout much of the 
> discussion, but the parts that were clear were quite interesting; 
> particularly those parts presented by Professor Benjamin Leff on the 
> legal issues concerning the indirect change of control of the .org 
> Registry.
>
> Professor Leff’s contributions illustrated some legal dimensions to 
> the sale, which to my knowledge have not been described publicly in 
> much detail until this panel held its discussion. For those 
> interested, I’d recommend putting some time aside to watch it.
>
> I wonder if Benjamin Leff might be persuaded to write up a blog on his 
> insight on the intersection between the sale of PIR and 
> US/Pennsylvania law regarding non-profit organizations? Would be a 
> helpful resource to circulate to interested parties.
>
> Thanks again, Kathy.
>
> Amr
>
>> On Feb 7, 2020, at 12:13 AM, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at DNRC.TECH 
>> <mailto:kathy at DNRC.TECH>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I have no love for how we conduct many of our discussions. We tend to 
>> take aim at each other and not the issues. We often to use our 
>> energies to fight internally when the issues we are concerned about 
>> require external speaking and writing. We have driven many good 
>> people away from our SG and Constituency, and that is a loss to 
>> ourselves and the ICANN Community.
>>
>> I share below a discussion I am organzing on the Sale of .ORG and the 
>> conversation I think we should be having -- a calm and respectful 
>> conversation among people we know and respect. We can explore the 
>> issues -- the sale of the .ORG nonprofit, protecting .ORG 
>> registrants, addressing concerns of .ORG Community -- without 
>> exploding each other.
>>
>> Please join us in person if you are in the Washington DC area (please 
>> register if you would like to have lunch). Or join us via live 
>> webcast (and the recording will stay up). Unfortunately the law 
>> school does not currently have remote participation capabilities (we 
>> are working on that for future events).
>>
>> My two cents.  Best, Kathy
>>
>> http://media.campaigner.com/media/73/731490/PIJIP%20horizontal-1.jpg
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> */Please join AUWCL, PIJIP, Internet Governance Lab, & WCL 
>> Intellectual Property Brief for a Conversation /*
>>
>> *on*
>>
>> *The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry:  The Conversation We 
>> Should Be Having*
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Tuesday, February 11, 2020
>>
>> 12:00 - 2:00 pm
>>
>> American University Washington College of Law
>>
>> Room NT01 Ceremonial Classroom
>>
>> /Lunch Provided | Registration: //https://tiny.cc/dot-org/ 
>> <http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1qvr8o-m0ewbd-99zsah81/>// 
>> <http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1qvr8o-m0ewbe-99zsah82/>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> On November 13, 2019, the Internet Society (ISOC) announced its sale 
>> of the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to a private equity firm Ethos 
>> Capital for $1.1 billion.  The .ORG registry, run by PIR, supports 10 
>> million .ORG registrants, including many of the world’s largest and 
>> smallest human rights and nonprofit groups.  Can a nonprofit (ISOC) 
>> sell a nonprofit (PIR)?  Are top-level domains still global public 
>> resources? What can ISOC and PIR do to protect the online 
>> communication of millions of .ORG registrants? What mechanisms could 
>> exist to address concerns of the .ORG community? The answers could 
>> profoundly affect Internet speech for decades to come.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> *_Fireside Chat Speakers:_*
>>
>> *Andrew Sullivan*
>>
>> /President & CEO, Internet Society/
>>
>> *Mitch Stoltz**
>> */Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation/
>>
>> *Benjamin Leff**
>> */Professor of Law, Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations/
>> /Washington College of Law/
>>
>> *Marc Rotenberg**
>> */President, Electronic Privacy Information Center,/
>> /Former Chair, Public Internet Registry (.ORG)/
>>
>> /_Facilitator_/
>> */Kathryn Kleiman/*/, IP & Tech Clinic, Washington College of Law and 
>> Former Director of Policy, Public Interest Registry (.ORG) /
>>
>> /*Live Webcast*/ 
>> <http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-1qvr8o-m0ewbf-99zsah83/>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> United States
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>
-- 
Kathy Kleiman
President, Domain Name Rights Coalition

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