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<p>Farzi, <br>
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<p>Tx for raising this. Tx to Jeremy and Mitch for their leadership
in responding to PIR and the Domain Name Association's massive
incursion into closed processes, private law and complete
violation of due process. <br>
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<p>I want to share that the NCUC community is already in the press.
Here are some quotes from yesterday's Communications Daily (a
private US publication): <br>
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<p>-- Mitch Stoltz/EFF: To begin setting up private nonjudicial
bodies to pass judgement on the content of websites is a very
dangerous step. The sorts of determinations, if the happen at all,
must happen in court. If you create a private arbitration process
for copyright claims on the internet wielding power of domain
suspension, then why not one for criticizing [President] Donald
Trump?"
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<p>-- Kathy (me): "Taking down an entire domain name [for specific
copyright acts] is like pulling a tree up by the roots when you
only need to cut down a branch to address the infringement.
Traditionally, copyright takedowns are done narrowly, with
[Digital Millennium Copyright Act] notices targeting a special
piece of content. The type of practice [DNA is proposing] could be
a massive violation of free speech." <br>
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<p>-- Phil Corwin (of the Business Constituency) shared that:
Multiple people present at the Generic Names Support Organization
Council Non-Contracted Parties House meeting last week had
"signification concerns" about the [PIR/DNA] proposal. <br>
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<p>Please post other articles and quotes!</p>
<p>Best, Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/22/2017 9:55 AM, farzaneh badii
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear NCUC members,</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">PIR ( the registry for
.ORG) is going to adopt a copyright dispute resolution policy
that has stringent clauses to protect copyrights. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In my opinion the
problem with this policy is not the mere fact that PIR is
using a private dispute resolution mechanism to enforces
copyrights. It is also the point that ICA is raising that: it
goes beyond ICANN UDRP. The other thing is (correct me if I am
wrong here) PIR has not asked the community which it will be
affected by this policy for comments. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Read more about this
issue here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://domainincite.com/21532-angry-reactions-to-udrp-for-copyright">http://domainincite.com/21532-angry-reactions-to-udrp-for-copyright</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We need to write a
statement and oppose the policy. I am also on the advisory
council of PIR and we will have a meeting next week. I will
raise this point during that call but we need to write a
separate statement and endorse other statements as
appropriate. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Who would like to hold
the pen for drafting the statement? </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best </div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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<div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div>
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