[Ec-ncuc] NCUC letter to US House - re iCANN hearing

[Milton L Mueller]

If you have the spare time to do it, it doesn't hurt, but don't overestimate the attention span of u.s. congresscritters. The hearing was a payoff to ANA for their heavy lobbying. The congress has no authority to interfere w the icann new tld process except insofar as they can pressure ntia. If you do write a letter, make sure that a copy is sent to NTIA (Strickling)

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies


-----Original message-----
From: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>
To: "EC-NCUC at ipjustice.org" <ec-ncuc at ipjustice.org>
Cc: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
Sent: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 10:49:36 GMT+00:00
Subject: NCUC letter to US House - re iCANN hearing

Dear all,

I was wondering what you wold think of NCUC sending a letter to the US Congress regarding those ICANN hearings. Given NPOC's participation and focus on trademarks and Kurt mentioning us during the last meeting, we might wish to send a letter supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model.

I am not sure as to whether I have the bandwith to do this myself, given that I am chasing deadlines, but I will try to have a crack at it over the next couple of days. The next ICANN hearing is, I believe, on Thursday.

What you all think?

KK


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Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,
Senior Lecturer in Law,
Director of LLM in Information Technology and Telems. Law,
Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses,
ICANN NCUC Chair
University of Strathclyde,
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50 George Street,
Glasgow, G1 1BA,
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