[NCSG-Discuss] ICANN is bottom-up, except for when it is top-down. Fwd: Memorandum on the Trademark Clearinghouse ³Strawman Solution²

[Robin Gross]

On Mar 22, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hmm. What constitutes a "non-commercial user"?
>
> Someone who never purchases goods or services on the Internet, has  
> a no-cost ISP and never reads content on ad-supported websites or  
> uses analytics-supported search engines? Is that really two billion?
>
> Just curious.
>


We are all non-commercial users.  We all use the Internet for non- 
commercial purposes.  Of course we also all have commercial reasons  
for using the Internet also, but those are not the interests we are  
here to protect.  The CSG and ALAC can protect those interests.  We  
(NCSG) are here to ensure that these non-commercial uses of the  
Internet are protected in the policy development process.

It is a mistake to think NCSG members never use the Internet for  
commercial reasons.  That is not how we are designed, nor is it in  
alignment with reality for just about anyone on the planet any more.

We protect non-commercial uses in policy development.  We don't claim  
to never have a commercial use for the Internet in our own lives.   
That would be silly.  It is important you understand that distinction.

Also, you are incorrect in saying NCSG does not welcome end-users  
with no domain.  Ever since NCSG was created we let in individual  
users concerned with non-commercial policy.  It's been in our charter  
for a couple years.  It might be a good idea to get facts straight  
before making such declarations in the future.

Thanks,
Robin



IP JUSTICE
Robin Gross, Executive Director
1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/attachments/20130322/c0954370/attachment-0001.html>