Jeff, Congressmen and Everybody,
On a practical level and a responsibility level I find myself in
concurrence with Jeff Williams and Mr. Sondow here. I would
humbly suggest, but strongly, that the House Commerce Commission
review this situation very closely, as it is my understanding that
some of your re-elections may depend on it.
Jeff Williams wrote:
> Michael and all,
>
> Your point is well taken Michael. The ultimate question is who
> is the serviced and who is the service.
>
> It appears the the ICANN (Initial?) Interim self appointed board
> would deem that the operators are the ones to be serviced, and
> the Domain Name holders/Users are to service them given the UDRP
> in which the are not floating around. I personally find this to be only
> one part of the UDRP that is completely backwards.
>
> Michael Sondow wrote:
>
> > Ellen Rony wrote:
> > >
> > > For example, on the current, contentious discussion of the Uniform Dispute
> > > Resolution Policy, I found this astute and sensible observation from Don
> > > Telage, Sr. VP of NSI in the voting records of the provisional DNSO*:
> >
> > > No process should be mandated by any entity, ICANN
> > > or registry, until those registrars who contractually bind their
> > > registrants to the process are legally satisfied with the procedures > involved,
>and have given adequate notice to their registrants.
> >
> > <and>
> >
> > > Registrars should be given the time
> > > to draft and implement a practical ADR process based on real world
> > > experience with registration.
> >
> > Is this really so sensible and astute, Ellen? What about the
> > registrants? Shouldn't we, also, be satisfied legally with the
> > procedures involved, since it is we who run the risk of losing our
> > domain names? Shouldn't we, as well as the registrars, be given the
> > opportunity and the time to draft and implement the ADR process,
> > based on our own experience, and not only that of the registrars?
> >
> > This whole process and everyone involved in it has gone mad. The
> > Internet is a service for its users, not for its operators.
> >
> > ============================================================
> > Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org
> > Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927
> > ============================================================
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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Respectfully,
--
Brian C. Hollingsworth
Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet
Communications Affairs and Policy
Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European
Union
