Yesterday Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced HR 3261, the ‘‘Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act of 2011’’, also known as the “E-PARASITE Act. Its the house version of the PROTECT IP Bill which is even more stringent, provides great penalties on a wider range of people than the quite harsh PROTECT … [Read more...]
US Department Of Commerce To ICANN: We want “A Clear & Enforced Ethics & Conflict of Interest Policy”
In a September 21st letter sent by Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence Strickling to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) disclosed that it is “actively exploring how to best meet this requirement” for “a clear and enforced ethics and conflict of interest policy” in the next version of the Internet Assigned … [Read more...]
ICA: “Registry/Registrar Integration at Existing gTLDs Could End Price Controls and Impose URS on .Com and .Net”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has just put up a post that all domainers need to take notice of and therefore I'm republishing it on theDomains. The Post is written by Phil Corwin of the ICA which talks about a topic we have been warning about for a couple of years now, which is the existing Registries may want the same terms and conditions in their contract the new gTLD operators will … [Read more...]
The ICA Files Its Comment To The .Net Contract, As IP Groups Push For URS To Be Included
The Internet Commerce Association has just filed its comments to ICANN on the renewal of the .Net registry contract with VeriSign. Yesterday the Business Constituency of ICANN came out in support of placing the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proposal into the .Net contract. Earlier today we told you that though the hard work of Phil Corwin of the ICA, the BC dropped its request. However … [Read more...]
Breaking: ICA Gets Proposal To Apply The Uniform Rapid Suspension To .Net Dropped
Yesterday we wrote about the Business Constituency (BC) group of ICANN that proposed including the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) into the renewal of the Verisign contract to operate the .Net registry. Today word comes from Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association that the BC has dropped this proposal in its new comments to ICANN. In his letter to the BC today Mr. Corwin … [Read more...]
ICA Sounds The Alarm: Mark Monitor Pushes For Uniform Rapid Suspension Be Applied To .Net’s & Deadline Is Tuesday
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association, (the "ICA") sounded the alarm yesterday on a sleepy Mothers Day that trademark interests led by Elisa Cooper, Director of Product Marketing at MarkMonitor, are pushing for ICANN to add the URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension) to the propose .Net VeriSign contract currently opened for public comment. Ms. Cooper was the primary drafter of a proposed … [Read more...]
ICA: Department Of Commerce Says GAC Should Be Satisfied Before New gTLD Launch
According to Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association who attended the Global Internet Governance workshop held at American University in Washington today, the Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of Commerce, Larry Strickling in his keynote luncheon speech said: “I don’t see how new gTLDs can be approved in Singapore if the GAC isn't satisfied that its concerns have … [Read more...]