[APAC-Discuss] Beijing and Policy Discussion - and Verisign

[Fouad Bajwa]

Yes indeed one of the topics for discussions!

Fouad Bajwa
On Jan 13, 2013 8:31 AM, "Holly Raiche" <h.raiche at internode.on.net> wrote:

> Hi Fouad - and others
>
> Actually, the more immediate issue for APRALO - and ALAC (and ICANN for
> that matter) - and maybe something to put upfront in the Multi stakeholder
> discussion -  is the letter from Verisign to ICANN that it will not
> cooperate with the Compliance audit of registries in relation to the .net
> registry. See
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kane-to-serad-et-al-08jan13-en
>
> Arguably, since this is only about Verisign's agreement in relation to the
> .net registry, all is not lost since, arguably, the registries handling
> .net domain names for Verisign are covered by the RAA (as opposed to the
> ICANN-Verisign contract  on .net) so the Whois data held should be accurate
> as required under the RAA ( but then we have already drawn attention to the
> deficiencies in that contract - specifically clause 3.7.8)
>
> I haven't had time to go through the .net contract in detail, but I think
> we can be reasonably sure that Verisign lawyers have been through in great
> detail and probably are right.  So the big question is what Verisign's
> refusal to comply with the Compliance audit (although they do say they are
> happy to cooperate) means for Whois data accuracy.
>
> Happy reading
>
> Holly
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