[At-Large] [GTLD-WG] IRT working group report

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Thank you, Joly!

Hello from the floor here at RIBA. They've implemented a WIFI network, and I 
can receive questions/comments (if you have any) and relay them to the 
panel.

I'm sitting by John Levine (writer of "Internet for Dummies") & behind 
Konstantinos Komaitis (NCUC's representative here). I had breakfast with Dr. 
Komaitis & Richard Tindall (DemandMedia) earlier on, to look for satisfying 
solutions for everyone.

Kind regards,

O.

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From: "WWWhatsup" <joly at punkcast.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [At-Large] [GTLD-WG] IRT working group report


> At 05:06 AM 7/3/2009, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>>I've registered for the London event to take place on 15th July ( 
>>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12jun09-en.htm )
>>and will essentially be defending this line: it is outside ICANN's 
>>mandate.
>>Anyone else planning to be in London?
>>
>>Olivier
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> Good luck Olivier!
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> I note that remote participation is available via 
> https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a819976787/outreach
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> Agenda: 
> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/london-agenda-speakers-15jul09-en.pdf
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> The ALAC / NCUC
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> Joint Statement on the IRT Report
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> https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?joint_statement_on_the_irt_report_from_alac_and_ncuc
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> A bit of reaction from the NYC session:
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> NY Times articles:
> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/the-best-internet-addresses-will-cost-a-cool-million/
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> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/brokering-peace-between-brand-owners-and-domainers/
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> A long think piece from Rebecca Mckinnon supporting NCUC positions
> http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2009/07/icann-and-free-speech.html
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> An essay, quoted in the above, that suggests the Global Protected Marks 
> List involves prior restraint of free speech
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090621_mahmoud_ahmadinejad_globally_protected_marks_list_gpml/
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> and finally, ISOC's own Public Interest Registry's comments
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/comments_on_icanns_irt_final_report/
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> I quote from the latter:
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>>We believe the Final Report puts too much emphasis on obliging
>>registries to enforce trademark rights, in place of requiring ICANN
>>to devote more resources to enforcing its contracts with registrars.
>>We also believe that ICANN already has the legal tools to deal with
>>the admittedly rare instances where a registry is in business to
>>profit from trademark infringement. Adding a new legal process and
>>giving rights to outsiders who are not parties to the ICANN-registry
>>agreements is likely to increase litigation and its expense for all
>>concerned. It is not likely to deal effectively with the real
>>problems of cybersquatting.
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