Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale

[Carlos Afonso]

+1 to Wolf.

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On 04/01/2020 06:48, Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
> 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" < milton at GATECH.EDU <mailto:milton at GATECH.EDU>> hat am 4. Januar 2020 um 02:41 geschrieben:
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>> Kathy,
>> I am not at all comfortable with asking the U.S. Congress to get involved in this.
>> 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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>> --MM
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NCSG-Discuss < NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>> On Behalf Of Kathy Kleiman
>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:38 AM
>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> 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:
>> https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm
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>> Letter itself:
>> https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf
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>> Best,
>> Kathy (Kleiman)

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Carlos A. Afonso
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