[PC-NCSG] Fwd: Fwd: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)
Robin Gross
robin
Thu Oct 18 07:29:07 EEST 2012
If anyone on the PC has any objections to the joint ALAC/NCSG stmtnt,
please let me know.
Thank you,
Robin
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Date: October 17, 2012 9:01:50 PM PDT
> To: pc-ncsg at ipjustice.org
> Subject: [PC-NCSG] Fwd: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS
> (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Kathy Kleiman <kathy at kathykleiman.com>
>> Date: October 17, 2012 7:20:09 PM EDT
>> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
>> Cc: Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG>, Alan Greenberg
>> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>, "Evan Leibovitch (Google Drive)"
>> <evanleibovitch at gmail.com>, NCSG-Policy <PC-NCSG at IPJUSTICE.ORG>,
>> ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
>> Subject: Re: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS
>> (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)
>>
>> My belated "two thumbs up" of support!!!
>> Great and tx,
>> Kathy
>>
>> :
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Ok -- after performing the changes on the Google drive, I have
>>> now "frozen" this text by transferring it to our WIKI on:
>>> https://community.icann.org/x/uYEoAg
>>>
>>> This has been added to the ALAC Wrap-Up Pt.1 agenda:
>>> https://community.icann.org/x/TxAQAg
>>>
>>> If this statement is acceptable to the ALAC, I will ask for a
>>> ratification vote to take place.
>>> Please let me know ASAP if there are still further amendments to
>>> make.
>>>
>>> Kindest regards,
>>>
>>> Olivier
>>>
>>> On 17/10/2012 16:35, Robin Gross wrote:
>>>> I agree with ending the statement with "make no substantive
>>>> changes".
>>>>
>>>> Also, let's add "and only" and "so far" as follows:
>>>>
>>>>>>> "ICANN's first and only choices so far of service providers."
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much! This is a strong statement. Who from At-
>>>> Large will present it with me during the forum - Olivier?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Robin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Quick question: have any of you reached out to the individuals
>>>>> who were
>>>>> involved with this in the STI, whether BC or even contracted
>>>>> parties? If
>>>>> the URS was such a carefully crafted community-wide consensus,
>>>>> would
>>>>> those other communities wish to support this statement?
>>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Olivier
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17/10/2012 15:19, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>>>>>> Two comments, one trivial and the other less-so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the middle of para 2, community-wide should be hyphenated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps more controversial, I would fee better with the last
>>>>>> sentence
>>>>>> saying "... make no substantive changes ...".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can accept the statement with that change, but would feel
>>>>>> better
>>>>>> with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We would like to call the community's attention to the
>>>>>>> current status
>>>>>>> of the Uniform Rapid Suspension system, or URS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a method to protect brand owners and Internet users
>>>>>>> against clear
>>>>>>> and obvious instances of domain abuse, the URS was a carefully
>>>>>>> crafted community wide consensus. It involved many ICANN
>>>>>>> constituencies and hard-won compromises that we can both
>>>>>>> support and
>>>>>>> defend.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Recently, attempts have been made to re-open URS policy
>>>>>>> because of
>>>>>>> cost-related pushback from ICANN's first choices of service
>>>>>>> providers. Our communities are concerned that important
>>>>>>> protections
>>>>>>> to both users and brand owners could be negatively impacted
>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>> name of cost cutting. We ask ICANN to make every effort
>>>>>>> necessary to
>>>>>>> seek providers capable of implementing the URS as it now
>>>>>>> exists, and
>>>>>>> demand it make no changes to the URS without the same level of
>>>>>>> cross-community support that led to the current consensus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD
>>>>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IP JUSTICE
>>>> Robin Gross, Executive Director
>>>> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA
>>>> p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451
>>>> w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: robin at ipjustice.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD
>>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>>
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