[PC-NCSG] Donuts and private copyright policies of the Domain Name Association

[Klaus Stoll]

Hi,

What would be the best way to inform the GAC that this is not based on 
any ICANN policy making process?. They need to know. Can the NCSG PC 
draft and send a letter to the GAC?

Thanks Kathy for the initiative.

Klaus



On 9/28/2016 12:56 PM, David Cake wrote:
> I am certainly concerned about the Healthy Domains Initiative, and think that it is important that we make it clear to the GAC that it does not represent consensus policy.
>
> I agree with Kathy that monitoring the HDA, and countering misrepresentation of its role, is something we should be doing.
>
> David
>
>> On 28 Sep 2016, at 11:27 PM, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at kathykleiman.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,  I have an issue to raise with the Policy Committee. I am concerned about Donuts' "Healthy Domain Initiative." I don't think it is healthy at all. Donuts and their private Domain Name Association are setting up "best practices" that allow the Motion Picture Association to be a "trusted notifier" of copyright infringement. Then, without due process or any real rights whatsoever, Donuts will take down not only the content, but the whole domain name - websites, listservs, emails and all!
>>
>> What concerns me to also is that Mason Cole misused his GNSO-GAC Liaison "hat" to present the Domain Name Association's private, biased, one-sided, and deeply unfair copyright initiatives to the GAC in Helsinki. I listened closely to each moment of his presentation. By the time he finished, I am very certain that every GAC member present thought that the Healthy Domains Initiative (and its unfair, unbalanced takedown of content through takedown of the domain names) was coming from ICANN's Multistakeholder process -- when nothing could be farther from the truth!  It's all private - and unfair.
>>
>> Donuts/ DNA's "Healthy Domains Initiative" is also titled to create confusion with ICANN's gTLD Marketplace Health Index -- a legitimate multistakeholder efforts working on measurements for gTLDs on competition, etc. (and definitely not developing copyright regulation thru the DNS!!)
>>
>> I thought I would throw this issue out for you -- do you share my concern?  Should we investigate together further?
>>
>> Best and tx,
>>
>> Kathy
>>
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