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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the initial good work. I’ve gone over it, deleted some things, modified wording mainly on the GAC censorship issue, and added a short section on Vertical integration. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As I understand it, you are addressing this statement to the GAC members. For this to be worthwhile, we must have a means of distributing this to GAC members. What is your proposed method? I don’t know for sure how to do it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On the GAC veto, I have strengthened the language considerably. Please do not fall into the trap of voicing support for “universal resolvability,” as if a GAC veto were actually some kind of a remedy for national-level blocking. Here is my substitute language:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:33.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“We wish to emphasize that an appeal to “universal resolvability of DNS” cannot possibly justify giving any individual government the power to block the creation of a TLD “for any reason.” One does not advance the cause of a globally interconnected internet by encouraging any individual government to exercise a global authority to block the creation of top level domain applications. The only effect of such a policy would be to multiply one country’s controls and regulations to all countries. There are in fact no technical harms to the Internet as a whole caused by the blocking of a single TLD by one or a few countries.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I also deleted your list of “misapprehensions” – first, what you are doing there is re-stating USG’s arguments and anyone reading it hurriedly (as almost all will) can easily come away with the misapprehension that you are supporting those arguments. Second, it’s too wordy and assumes too careful a reading - you are telling the reader what arguments you will reject hundreds of words later, and it’s unlikely people will read the doc with that level of care, best to just attack the arguments when you attack them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Edited file is attached <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong [mailto:Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 07, 2011 12:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu; Milton L Mueller<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: More on USG and ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Thanks to Milton and Marc for the links. I decided to sit down and read the US Government proposal in greater detail than I have, and as a result produced a draft statement for NCSG that I hope you will all sign on to and that we can circulate widely to facilitate the ICANN Board sticking to only narrow changes/revisions to the draft Applicant Guidebook by San Francisco. I'm thinking, in particular, of Board members, GAC friendlies, and influential publications/blogs/journalists).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Please note that I've only had time (and background) to write about the proposals relating to the MAPO and Community Objections Procedure, and briefly on the trademark stuff. If anybody wants to add comments on the other proposals (e.g. VI, economic analysis), please feel free do so but - hopefully - soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>In the same vein, and assuming this makes it as an NCSG comment, I think it'd be good to circulate it sooner rather than later. As such - and mind you, I'm not possessive about my language! - please limit your comments to substantive ones as far as possible. I know my phrasing is likely to be viewed as too tame by some members, but I won't have time to do a re-write (nor would I necessarily support a much more impassioned document :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Finally, I wanted to note that I don't mention one issue of significance to NCSG - support for developing country applicants (which is what the JAS working group headed by Rafik is working on in the face of massive difficulties and opposition within the ICANN community). It may be that this issue is major enough for some NCSG members to support a delayed launch of new gTLDs, but I felt it would not be opportune or strategic to include it in the document (I do, however, sneak in a footnote linking to Milton's blog post about the topic :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Please let the list know if you have substantive comments, position corrections or are working on a draft or re-draft (so we can keep track of who's doing what). I also apologize if there are members other than Milton and Avri who have blogged about the issue who I didn't know about and so didn't use to help draft this document.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Thanks and cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:purple'>Mary W S Wong</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Professor of Law</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Chair, Graduate IP Programs</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Two White Street<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Concord, NH 03301<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Phone: 1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Webpage: <a href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:11.25pt;background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #050505 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>From: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Milton L Mueller <mueller@SYR.EDU><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>To:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>2/7/2011 11:33 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Subject: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Re: More on USG and ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Ars Technica has also taken up the issue<br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/if-governments-can-block-top-level-domains-is-gay-doomed.ars">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/if-governments-can-block-top-level-domains-is-gay-doomed.ars</a> <br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Marc Rotenberg <a href="mailto:[mailto:rotenberg@epic.org]">[mailto:rotenberg@epic.org]</a><br>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:47 AM<br>> To: Milton L Mueller<br>> Cc: <a href="mailto:NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>> Subject: More on USG and ICANN<br>> <br>> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20030809-281.html">http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20030809-281.html</a><br>> <br>> Marc.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As of August 30, 2010, Franklin Pierce Law Center has affiliated with the University of New Hampshire and is now known as the <b><span style='color:#003399'>University of New Hampshire School of Law</span><span style='color:#0000CC'>.</span></b><span style='color:#0000CC'> </span>Please note that all email addresses have changed and now follow the convention: <a href="mailto:firstname.lastname@law.unh.edu">firstname.lastname@law.unh.edu</a>. For more information on the <b><span style='color:#003399'>University of New Hampshire School of Law</span></b><span style='color:#003399'>,</span> please visit </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://law.unh.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>law.unh.edu</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>