The Cross-Registry WHOIS Database

[Danny Younger]

Hi Milton,

As the agenda for the 13 March Board meeting hasn't
yet been posted, I am not in a position to make a
determination as to the immediacy of the effort
required.  However, in that the public comment period
for the revised appendix S expired on 5 March, it is
likely that .xxx approval/disapproval may be on the
calendar for this upcoming Board session.


--- Milton Mueller <Mueller at SYR.EDU> wrote:

> Good point, Danny, I agree. Let me try to follow up.
> Can it wait until
> Lisbon meeting or does it require more urgent
> action?
>
> >>> Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com> 3/6/2007
> 1:15 PM >>>
> Beyond the obvious issues pertaining to DMCA-style
> takedowns and cross-registry privacy concerns, I am
> troubled by a process that abuses the ICANN Board
> intent to obtain clarifications.
>
> The notes from the 12 February Board meeting state:
>
> "John Jeffrey said that subsequent to the posting of
> the agreement on 5 January Susan Crawford amongst
> other Board Members had asked for clarification of
> language in the posted version of Appendix S."
>
> What we have in the revised Appendix S is not
> "clarification" but rather what appears to be
> language
> that has resulted from private deal-making between
> the
> IPC and ICM Registry.
>
> Neither the take-down provisions nor the
> cross-registry language are "clarifications"; the
> NCUC
> should formally express their concern over this
> back-channel development.
>
>
> --- Milton Mueller <mueller at SYR.EDU> wrote:
>
> > False alarm! I confused ICM with mTLD for a moment
> > there. I didn't
> > recall seeing anything about this in the .mobi PAB
> > so I was a bit
> > concerned. I have no connection to ICM (.xxx)
> >
> > >>> Danny Younger <dannyyounger at YAHOO.COM>
> 03/06/07
> > 8:53 AM >>>
> > From ICM Registry Appendix S:
> >
> > "Registrars will be required to participate in the
> > operation of a cross-registry WHOIS database,
> which
> > will provide searching capabilities and access to
> > all
> > information concerning domain name registrations
> > regardless of which TLD the domain name is
> > registered in or which registrar processed the
> > domain
> > name application."
> >
> > Question:  who will be setting the search
> parameters
> > for this cross-registry WHOIS Database?  Is this
> an
> > ICANN project or solely an ICM initiative?  How
> will
> > this effort impact privacy rights?  What does "all
> > information" include?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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