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<DIV>Robin,</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for the detailed background. It is great for the constituency
and for the noncommercial community that you have such a good handle on what is
happening and what needs to be done.</DIV>
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<DIV>One thing you wrote below particularly resonates. Why bother to pass
a treaty when you can get ICANN to make global (and let me add biased,
one-sided, and pro-IP) policy? That's exactly where the UDRP comes from,
and other ICANN initiatives. Would that ICANN could stay solely in the
business of the technical and away from freedom of expression/intellectual
property matters, but it won't.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again for leading our response to this IPC proposal. I know
understand why you take it so seriously.</DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV>Kathy</DIV>
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<DIV>Robin wrote: </DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>One
thing is clear: ICANN is the ideal forum for these causes that can't <BR>win
approval in a legitimate international treaty context. Why bother
<BR>with the difficulties of passing a treaty when one can easily get ICANN
<BR>to make global policy?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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