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      If you are planning to attend ICANN74, please note that you will
      be required to sign a very broadly worded waiver that goes well
      beyond
      any issues related to the pandemic. You can read the waiver here:
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href="https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf</a><br>
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    <p>Several registrars have asked that this requirement be dropped <a
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href="https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed</a>.
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    <p>Michele Neylon, Managing Director of Blacknight Solutions,
      seeking legal advice on behalf of himself and staff, was advised
      that neither he nor his staff should
      sign a waiver granting ICANN blanket exclusion of liability. <a
href="https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-2022-Hague-waiver.pdf"><font
          color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u>https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-2022-Hague-waiver.pdf</u></span></font></a>
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    <p>It is an unsettling way to begin what was looking like a new
      beginning after so many hours at virtual public meetings.  I have
      attended more public meetings in my life than I could ever count,
      and have never been asked to sign such an extensive waiver.  I
      would be interested to know if others have ever encountered this.</p>
    <p>Marita Moll, ALAC rep. for NARALO<br>
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