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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amr Elsadr<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 07, 2013 3:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg] BC Input on Thick Whois Questionnaire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The BC's response to the ThickWhoisPDP WG's questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: [gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg] RE: BC Input on Thick Whois Questionnaire</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Date:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">To:
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Elisa Cooper <<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg@icann.org</a>"
<<a href="mailto:gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg@icann.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D">Dear Elisa,</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
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color:#1F497D">Thank you very much for the Business Constituency’s input on Thick Whois. Your submission will be forwarded to the Working Group.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Kind regards,</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Glen</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Glen de Saint Géry</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
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color:#1F497D"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Elisa
Cooper <br>
<b>Envoyé :</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>mercredi 2 janvier 2013 23:06<br>
<b>À :</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc </b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Objet :</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>BC Input on Thick Whois Questionnaire</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please find below a submission by the Business Constituency.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Elisa</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">208 389-5779 PH</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">‘thick’ Whois PDP Working Group</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE AT THE LATEST<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>BY 9 January 2012</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>TO
THE GNSO SECRETARIAT (<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></span></u>), which will forward your statement to the Working Group. If additional time is needed by your SG / C to provide
your feedback, please inform the secretariat accordingly, including the expected delivery date so that this can be factored in by the WG.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The GNSO Council has formed a Working Group of interested stakeholders and Stakeholder Group / Constituency representatives, to collaborate broadly
with knowledgeable individuals and organizations, in order to consider recommendations in relation to ‘thick’ Whois.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Part of the working group’s effort will be to incorporate ideas and suggestions gathered from Stakeholder Groups, Constituencies through this
template Statement. Please note that the WG is currently in an information-gathering phase. Inserting your response in this form will make it much easier for the Working Group to summarize the responses. This information is helpful to the community in understanding
the points of view of various stakeholders. However, you should feel free to add any information you deem important to inform the working group’s deliberations, even if this does not fit into any of the questions listed below.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For further information, please visit the WG Workspace (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/PDP/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/PDP/Home</a>).</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Please identify the member(s) of your stakeholder group / constituency who is (are) participating in this working group<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#558ED5">o</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt;color:#558ED5"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#558ED5">Elisa Cooper</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#558ED5">o</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt;color:#558ED5"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#558ED5">Susan Kawaguchi</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Please identify the members of your stakeholder group / constituency who participated in developing the perspective(s) set forth below<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#558ED5">o</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt;color:#558ED5"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#558ED5">Elisa Cooper acted a rapporteur for these comments.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Please describe the process by which your stakeholder group / constituency arrived at the perspective(s) set forth below<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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7.0pt;color:#558ED5"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#558ED5">Initial comments were drafted by Elisa Cooper and then sent to the entire
Business Constituency for comment and input. Several Business Constituency members stated their support for comments as written.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>If not indicated otherwise, the WG will consider your submission a SG / C position / contribution. Please note that this should not prevent the submission of individual
and/or minority views as part of your submission, as long as these are clearly identified.<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Topics:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The WG is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a policy recommendation regarding the use of ‘thick’ Whois by all gTLD Registries, both existing
and future. As part of its deliberations, the WG is expected to consider the topics listed below in the context of ‘thick’ Whois. Please provide your stakeholder group’s / constituency’s views, including quantitative and/or empirical information supporting
your views, on these topics in relation to whether or not to require ‘thick’ Whois for all gTLDs and/or provide any information that you think will help the WG in its deliberations (for further information on each of these topics, please see the WG Charter<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/vIg3Ag">https://community.icann.org/x/vIg3Ag</a>):</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Response
consistency - a ‘thick’ Registry can dictate the labeling and display of Whois information to be sure the information is easy to parse, and all Registrars/clients would have to display it accordingly. This could be considered a benefit but also a potential
cost. This might also be a benefit in the context of internationalized registration data as even with the use of different scripts, uniform data collection and display standards could be applied.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency believes that Whois records should be formatted in a standardized, uniform manner.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stability
- in the event of a Registrar business or technical failure, it could be beneficial to ICANN and registrants to have the full set of domain registration contact data stored by four organizations (the Registry, the Registry's escrow agent, the Registrar, and
the Registrar's escrow agent), which would be the case in a ‘thick’ registry.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">Yes – the Business Constituency agrees that it could be beneficial to have a full set of domain registration data stored by four
organizations (the Registry, the Registry's escrow agent, the Registrar, and the Registrar's escrow agent).</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Accessibility
- is the provision of Whois information at the registry level under the ‘thick’ Whois model more effective and cost-effective than a ‘thin’ model in protecting consumers and users of Whois data and intellectual property owners?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">In today’s current environment, registrars often do not provide complete information via port 43 – and so users are forced to access
Whois records only from the registrar’s website. In other instances registrars limit access to Whois based on query volumes. Thick Whois offered by the registry would eliminate these issues for .Com and .Net, where the vast majority of gTLDs are currently
registered.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Impact
on privacy and data protection - how would ‘thick’ Whois affect privacy and data protection, also taking into account the involvement of different jurisdictions with different laws and legislation with regard to data privacy as well as possible cross border
transfers of registrant data?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency recognizes that in some cases there may be jurisdictional privacy issues, but recommends that those issues
are handled on an exception basis via RSEP.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cost
implications - what are the cost implications of a transition to 'thick' Whois for Registries, Registrars, registrants and other parties for all gTLDs? Conversely, what are the cost implications to Registries, Registrars, registrants and other parties if no
transition is mandated?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency supports unrestricted and public access to accurate and complete Thick Whois information for all gTLD
domain names. Without access to complete Whois records, businesses are unable to remediate instances of infringement, abuse or fraud. The costs associated with these activities can be significant not only to rights owners, but also to victimized Internet users.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Synchronization/migration
- what would be the impact on the registry and registrar WHOIS and EPP systems for those Registries currently operating a thin registry, both in the migration phase to ‘thick’ WHOIS as well as ongoing operations?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency understands that there will likely be costs incurred on the migration to Thick Whois but reemphasizes
the need for unrestricted and public access of this data.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Authoritativeness
- what are the implications of a ‘thin’ Registry possibly becoming authoritative for registrant Whois data following the transition from a thin-registry model to a thick-registry model. The Working Group should consider the term “authoritative” in both the
technical (the repository of the authoritative data) and policy (who has authority over the data) meanings of the word when considering this issue.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency believes that when a registry transitions to Thick Whois that it should become authoritative both from
a technical and policy perspective.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:
7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Competition
in registry services - what would be the impact on competition in registry services should all Registries be required to provide Whois service using the ‘thick’ Whois model – would there be more, less or no difference with regard to competition in registry
services?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">As all new gTLDs registries will be required to support Thick Whois, it seems more equitable that ALL existing registries also
be required to provide Thick Whois.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:
avoid">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Existing Whois Applications - What, if anything,
are the potential impacts on the providers of third-party WHOIS-related applications if ‘thick’ WHOIS is required for all gTLDs?</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency believes that access to Thick Whois should improve the services provided by third-party
applications.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:
avoid">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Data escrow - ‘thick’ Whois might obviate the
need for the registrar escrow program and attendant expenses to ICANN and registrars.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">A stated above, the Business Constituency believes that it could be beneficial to have a full set of domain
registration data stored by four organizations (the Registry, the Registry's escrow agent, the Registrar, and the Registrar's escrow agent).</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:
avoid">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Registrar Port 43 Whois requirements - ‘thick’
Whois could make the requirement for Registrars to maintain Port 43 Whois access redundant.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">Registrars should continue to provide Whois access via their respective websites as registrants are familiar
with their registrars and may not be aware of or able to locate the registry’s website.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Based on your assessment of these topics, you are also encouraged to indicate whether you think there should or there shouldn’t
be a requirement for ‘thick’ Whois by all gTLD Registries.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Your view:</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#558ED5">The Business Constituency feels strongly that all gTLD registries support Thick Whois.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If there is any other information you think should be considered by the WG as part of its deliberations, please feel free
to include that here.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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