[PC-NCSG] Fwd: Fwd: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)

William Drake william.drake
Thu Oct 18 16:42:52 EEST 2012


Message is fine by me, thanks for doing

Bill

On Oct 18, 2012, at 12:31 AM, <Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu> <Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu> wrote:

> Great work, Robin, and nice job getting it done so quickly with ALAC and the strong personalities involved on this issue - thank you! 
> 
> 
> Mary W S Wong
> Professor of Law
> Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
> Chair, Graduate IP Programs
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> 
> >>>
> From:
> Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> To:
> NCSG-Policy <PC-NCSG at ipjustice.org>
> Date:
> 10/18/2012 12:29 AM
> Subject:
> [PC-NCSG] Fwd: Fwd: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)                  
> 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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