RRDRP

[Milton L Mueller]

I agree with Robin, the problem here is not a flaw in the RRDRP procedure (as far as  I can tell) - the real problem is the idea that claimed "communities" get privileged access or rights to object. Creating this privilege then requires this kind of a dispute procedure to make sure people don't game it.

--MM

From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Robin Gross
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Thanks very much, Konstantinos.

I am also troubled by the amount of arbitrary decisions the RRDRP will create as proposed.  I was opposed to the entire notion of "community" objections when the new gTLD policy was being developed by the GNSO, and this is much of the reason.  ICANN is creating an unaccountable system to decide what and who a "community" is to veto and/or get preference in the DNS.   Many of the objections cited in this statement are somewhat related to this concern, although we should point it out more explicitly in my view.  I remain unconvinced that there can even be such a thing as a measurable "community" deserving of special rights and it just invites game-playing and manipulation to pretend there is.

Thanks very much!
Robin

On Mar 31, 2010, at 3:57 AM, Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:


Dear all,

I would like to draw your attention to the Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure, which, I believe, seeks to enforce an approach that will have a huge impact upon non-commercial use of community-based domain names. This is of great concern to us and the way ICANN is seeking to encourage Registries to 'police' domain name registrations and become content controllers. ICANN, yet again, fails to understand the inherent interests within communities and seeks to create a system that is dangerous and, surprise, surprise, is tilted towards the complaining party.
I would therefore encourage you all to submit if possible comments. Apologies for the delay in notifying you but there are so many issues running at the same time that I sort of missed it. The documents are available here: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#rrdrp and the deadline is tomorrow.

Best

KK

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