[ncdnhc-discuss] Names Council Task Force ORG policy

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Surely you jest.  Almost nothing in the new gTLD contracts springs from
any process other than Louis Touton.

Although touted as 'template' agreements and 'models' they were negotiated
in secret, with strong-arm tactics and without any input from affected
third parties.

Exhibit A for What's Wrong With ICANN.

cf. http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=355

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Adam Peake wrote:

> 
> 
> >I support ORG being sponsored and unrestricted.  But, is it a good
> >idea at this stage to deny any opportunity for innovation wrt some
> >kind of restriction beyond end user choice?
> >
> >What is a "CEDRP"
> 
> 
> Someone kindly answered my question:
> 
> <http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/sponsored/sponsorship-agmt-att12-08sep01.htm>
> 
>  From which consensus policy did this piece of work come from?  I 
> thought the DNSO organized a couple of working groups on IP issues 
> and new TLDs, and there's a UDRP task force ongoing now. There was 
> absolutely nothing like this in any work I remember.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >>This is the draft of the policy that will go out for public comment.
> >>The NC Task Force has been working together reasonably well.
> >>There are some possible tensions around the issue of
> >>marketing restrictions on registrars, but on the whole everyone
> >>seems to buy into the specific approach here. You comments
> >  >welcome.
> >  >
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