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  1. Join the IDNO! by mattdm · · Score: 3 · on Join ICANN and Make Your Voice Heard
    If you're an individual who owns a domain name, please join the Individual Domain Name Owners' constituency. Under the current structure of ICANN, this is the best way to get real representation.

    The IDNO is in the process of becoming officially recognized, and needs your help. It's a very good organization, run as a true digital democracy.

    --

  2. Re: there are *strong* factions by paulds · · Score: 1 · on ICANN Board Election Results

    Anyone who thinks the three appointees from the DNSO are not representatives of a very narrow faction hasn't been paying very much attention. It has nothing to do with regional representation; they are all vocal advocates of corporate interests, and very much against any sort of rights or protections for the individual domain name owner. So far the DNSO has no provision whatsoever for representation of individual domain name owners. This to me is the most disappointing and frightening development in the SOs thus far.

    Check out http://www.idno.org/ for more information on this issue, and make your voice heard.

    - Paul

  3. Re:You know what makes me MAD? by .@. · · Score: 5 · on Network Solutions E-Mail Security Alert
    I have been waiting 5 years for some reasonable new TLD's. Waiting, with no luck. All because of network solutions.

    Err...not true. The main reason no new gTLDs have been rolled out is that the Intellectual Property (IP) and Trademark (TM) interests are scared of cybersquatting, and refuse to pay what it would cost to police these new gTLDs for possible infringement. This is troublesome, because IP and TM law require the famous mark holder to bear the cost of protecting their marks. They want to shift that cost to the registry and/or registrar, who will of course pass it on to the domain name owner.

    They keep asking for things like unilateral, full, standardized, searchable access to all registrant data, enforced verifiable contact info, heavily restrictive and punitive Dispute Resolution Policies, etc.

    NetSol may suck, but in this instance, it's not NetSol that's creating the vacuum. It's the people who own famous names and marks, who keep pushing for more than anyone is willing to give. Net result: No new gTLDs.

    If you're concerned, stop whining and get involved. The ICANN Domain Name Service Organization is acting on these very issues right now.

    The Individual Domain Name Owners' Association is fighting to ensure things like equity in dispute resolution and protection of your personal information are present in the future worldwide DNS system.

  4. Re:It's a moot point by WilliamX · · Score: 1 · on Victory for small business in domain disputes
    Actually, the mandatory arbitration you reference is worse than the current NSI situation. It leaves the domain name holder with little to no recourse should the WIPO arbitration process (WIPO is HEAVILY slanted towards trademark holders) rule in favor of the trademark holder. The domain name holder than must bear the burden and cost of filing a suit, and the simple fact is that once a case has gone to arbitration, even if it is non-binding, courts don't want to touch it without a VERY pressing reason.

    You say the Hollywood types are rallying against it, the simple fact is they rallied this, and pressed the board to vote for it. Their issue is rather that it doesn't go far enough. I invite you to listen/watch the Real Audio/Video archives of the ICANN Santiago Meeting to see evidence of this.

    Rather the Hollywood interests are trying to get seperate representation for themselves, rather than being in with the "Intellectual Property" group. They are pressing for rules that will enable you to lose your domain name because you use infringing CONTENT, not related to the domain name. That is their suggestions, and yes, the archives provide evidence of this.

    The fact is that the NSI policy gives you more rights than the ICANN one does. And this is the travesty.

    Bottom line, don't take mine or J. Reynolds word for it. Go check out the archives and you will see it for yourself. It's all very well documented.

    This board has voted to extend its own term, without elections, and they have voted on a sweeping set of policies that directly affect domain name holders, despite the fact that they deny representation to individual domain name owners, and indeed have refused to consider their application for recognition.

    They have adopted policies that give trademark and other intellectual property holders more rights than they have in ANY other media in the world. In EVERY other media, the trademark/copyright holder must bear the burden, and expense, of filing a case and proving it, and indeed the penalty of sanctions for filing a case without merit.

    The ICANN Policy will eliminate this burden for them, thus giving them more than the law would give them, at the expense of you and I, and every individual domain name owner.

    --
    William X. Walsh - DSo Internet Services
    Email: william@dso.net Fax:(209) 671-7934
    Editor of http://www.dnspolicy.com/
    Member of the Individual Domain Name Owners Association

  5. Re:Why this is a Bad Thing(tm) by WilliamX · · Score: 1 · on Network Solutions to Sell WHOIS Ads
    Maybe you just missed this part :

    "The document clearly indicates that the advertising was for the whois and whois results pages, and that they seem to be targeting Internet Service Providers as potential advertisers."
    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, you must of skimmed right over that, rather than not read it at all.

    --
    William X. Walsh
    william@dso.net / william@dnspolicy.com
    DSo Internet Services

    (IDNO MEMBER)
    Support the Cyberspace Association, the
    constituency of Individual Domain Name Owners
    http://www.idno.org

  6. Re:What about last week's story about NSI? by Demona · · Score: 3 · on Commerce Dept. Orders NSI to Open "Whois" Database
    I really hope you're enjoying yourself, because I doubt anyone else here is.

    My kneejerk reaction with law generally being the same as HTML: "'Force' does not work on the World Wide Web," and my generally contrary nature would lead me, if I were an NSI head honcho, to say, "What will you do to me if I don't?" But more importantly, it seems most of the people involved are forgetting that real people will be affected by these policies:

    "This was built under government contract and the data does not belong to Network Solutions," said Rich Forman, president of New York Based register.com.

    No, you goober, it belongs to the owner. You remember, the person who registered the domain? Of course, other than the not-for-all-individuals Individual Domain Name Owners, there isn't much collective effort to protect individual rights. Which of course makes perfect sense; nobody else will have the motivation to protect your interests that you do.

  7. US controlled? maybe. Net controlled? Yes. by .@. · · Score: 2 · on US' Capitol Hill on the Internet
    While there does exist a slim chance that martial law may be established in the US, taking away certain freedoms, it's much more likely that ICANN will succeed in taking away individual rights worldwide.

    Among the topics being considered by ICANN? Whether or not individuals (as opposed to trademark owners) should be allowed to own domain names. Whether or not domain dispute policies should require court proceedings, with the loser paying all fees. Whether the domain name in dispute should be turned over to the trademark holder before the dispute resolution process is completed.

    And all of this is being decided by a group of non-representative, non-elected lawyers, businesspeople, and others who stand to gain financially from such decisions. to this date, they have refused to allow a constituency of individual, non-commercial, non-organizational domain name owners to have representation in their proceedings.

    The working groups deciding these issues are chaired by hand-picked members of the Domain Names Council, instead of elected by the members of the working groups.

    The Domain Names council is stacked with officers of ISOC, CORE, and advisory board members from the gTLD-MoU advisory boards, all of whom have a decided financial interest in the outcome of certain decisions.

    Decisions are made without any form of formal voting procedure, without regard to fairness, and without consideration for the group's lack of legitimacy and adequate representation. They are attempting to ramrod through a set of decisions before their own mandate requires them to replace the appointed officials with elected ones.

    And they're doing it all in the name of the "net community".

    Check the DNSO website to find the archives of the various mailing lists where this is occurring.

    Check this link for a statement in which the chair of the gTLD-MoU proposes capture of the DNSO.

    Check the Individual Domain Name Owners Constituency page if you'd like to get involved.