[NCUC-DISCUSS] Registrants Rights and Responsibilities: let's propose a real alternative

[Wendy Seltzer]

Thanks Rudi,

You suggest important additional rights:
* to be able to transfer the registered domain name between registrars
(without hassle, upon satisfying the registrars' clearly-stated terms)
* to be able to renew (or choose not to renew) a domain registration on
clearly disclosed terms

and to accomplish that,
* to be informed of the registrar's terms, conditions, and pricing
information (since this is the only thing the ICANN document says, we
can borrow some of that language)



--Wendy

On 04/08/2013 01:20 PM, Rudi Vansnick wrote:
> Wendy,
> 
> I fully agree with your vision and proposal. 
> Actually I consider WHOIS and privacy rules conflicting in some situations. When contact details of registrant are needed in order to protect the registrant and his rights they are most often hidden through the excuse of privacy regulation. A more transparent and open policy from registrar side is needed in order to allow pertinent needed contact. Most often we discover problems when a registrant wants to transfer his domain name to another registrar. So far, the regulation fails to give enough rights to the registrant.
> 
> Rudi Vansnick
> 
> Op 8-apr-2013, om 17:37 heeft Wendy Seltzer het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Fadi mentioned this document
>> https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-07mar13-en.pdf
>> in his opening, and other Board members raised it again this evening.
>>
>> We've characterized it as a toothless document. I suggest that we draft
>> an alternative document, with REAL rights, including:
>>
>> The rights to:
>> * persistent neutral resolution of the registered domain
>> * no suspension or termination of registration without due process
>> * privacy options in the provision and display of registration data
>> * fair and non-discriminatory treatment from registrars and registries
>> * no censorship of domain use, content, or communications through
>> registries or registrars
>> * right to use the registered domain for any purpose
>>
>> Responsibilities, including:
>> * to be contactable, or to provide an alternative such as allowing the
>> registrar to suspend registration on unresponded-to allegation of abuse
>> * not to use the domain name for abuse of the DNS (to be defined more
>> specifically: e.g., specific DNS attacks, deliberate malicious
>> distribution of malware, or criminal activity)
>> * not to cybersquat (already defined in UDRP)
>>
>> To have the most impact, it would be great if we could get a statement
>> together during the Beijing meeting, since the Board may well be asked
>> to vote on the RAA by late April. Please feel free to add to the above.
>>
>> --Wendy
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