IP Lobbyists Want To Require Domain Censorship Capabilities Included In .net
from the but-of-course dept
Via Boing Boing comes the news that the Intellectual Property Constituency has added a clause to the proposal to renew VeriSign's management of the .net TLD that would require VeriSign to censor domains using a totally untested "rapid suspension" system. As Domainwire notes, this puts in place a controversial and untested policy for effectively seizing domain names. No wonder the "Intellectual Property" folks want it. ICANN is still seeking comments on this proposal, but needs to hear them today, sent to net-agreement-renewal@icann.org. Update: To clarify, the Boing Boing post incorrectly suggested this was about domain seizures. We were careful to make it clear that this wasn't about seizures, but some have been confused. To clarify even further, this is about suspending domain names on accusations of trademark infringement, rather than going through a standard, more detailed, process to protest the use of certain domain names...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: .net, censorship, domain names
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http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/10/confusion-about-domain-seizures-spreads-af ter-ip-constituency-comments/
i never heard of the web site before, so take anything they say with a grain of salt.
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This is an amusing but futile effort.
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Re:
It's a proposal for a clause, ie: a clause was added to what was proposed.
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Guilty
GUILTY! - Bailiff , take him down.
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P2P
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Using your brain to remember copyrighted songs is now illegal
Prepare for a Total Full-Frontal Lobotomy.
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