UDRP paper by PIR Advisory Committee

[Chun Eung Hwi]

Dear Milton Mueller,

Could you explain what has been talked on this concern in NCUC meeting of
Rome?

Is this approach really wise? Why freedom of speech should be particularly
required for .org TLD? On the contrary, why freedom of speech is less
important to other TLDs like .com or .net? For me, so far as .org remains
to be unsponsored TLD, such a value should to be applied to all
unsponsored TLDs. To shrink the applied scope of freedom of speech to .org
seems to be very defeatistic strategy.


regards,

Chun

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Milton Mueller wrote:

> As discussed at the Rome meeting, here is a
> brief summary of a policy paper developed
> by the PIR policy committee regarding
> modifying the UDRP within .org.
>
> I will send the whole paper if permission
> is granted by its author.
>
> MEMORANDUM
>
> TO:   PIR Policy Committee
>
> FROM:  Michael Geist
>
> Milana Homsi
>
> RE:   Dot-org and the UDRP
>
> Date:  October 17, 2003
> QUESTION PRESENTED
>
>
> Does PIR have a strong case to change the UDRP provisions to meet the
> unique needs of .org?
>
> BRIEF ANSWER
>
> Yes. PIR has a strong case for changing the UDRP to provide more
> protection to free speech and criticism domain name holders.  However,
> PIR's options are limited in how to effect such a change as the
> PIR-ICANN contract leaves little room for flexibility.  Although there
> are other options notwithstanding the contract, none present PIR with
> certain success.  More study is needed to develop the viability of the
> other options for change.
>
> This memorandum first outlines how the UDRP does not provide enough
> protection to free speech and criticism domain name holders. It then
> looks at the scope for change under PIR's contract with ICANN that could
> lead to having a unique dot-org UDRP that codifies fair use.  It
> concludes by briefly outlining PIR's potential options for change.
>

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