Monday, June 26, 2023, ICANN published its report of the Public Comments regarding the Proposed .Net Registry Agreement. Yesterday, the ICA responded to it with a letter to ICANN’s Board of Directors, expressing its concern and dismay of what the ICA considers a “Policy Wash”. You can read the entire letter, here.
ICANN for Beginners Virtual Program
Coming up next month, ICANN is offering (2) free 60-minute virtual seminars for anyone interested in learning about the behind-the-scenes governance of the Internet. The ICANN for Beginners Virtual Program is designed to be interactive and engaging and requires absolutely no prior technical or governance experience. Join to learn not only about the basic workings of the Internet, but also …
ICANN 72 Updates and New Appointments
The entirely virtual ICANN 72 wrapped up today. Our General Counsel, Zak Muscovitch took part in the meeting, which in part focussed on the ongoing discussions and debate of what constitutes DNS abuse and ICANN’s “inaction” on implementing policy recommendations. The next ICANN meeting will likely be a hybrid meeting held in Puerto Rico in March of 2022. Very preliminary …
ICA Calls for ICANN to Withhold Approval of Purported .Org Registry Sale
The original justification for awarding the .Org registry contract to ISOC was its public interest focus and commitments. If ISOC is no longer associated with the .Org registry, that justification for awarding the Registry Agreement no longer exists. Therefore, it would be reasonable for you to withhold your approval of the assignment to a private equity company. ICANN has the …
ICA Asks ICANN for Explanation of .org Decision
ICANN’s decision to execute the new .org Registry Agreement despite overwhelming public opposition is greatly concerning to stakeholders and raises serious questions about the so-called “bottom-up multi-stakeholder model”. We have some questions. We put the questions into the attached letter to Cyrus Namazi, Vice-President of the Global Domains Division, the group at ICANN responsible for the terms found in the …
ICANN IGNORES STAKEHOLDERS AND REMOVES PRICE CAPS ON .ORG DOMAIN NAMES
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is profoundly disturbed by ICANN’s decision to remove price caps on .org domain names despite the groundswell of opposition from stakeholders. On June 30, 2019, ICANN advised that it had executed a renewal agreement with Public Interest Registry and the renewal agreement. This was despite a nearly unprecedented public outcry from stakeholders and from .org …
Selected Public Comments submitted in response to the Proposed Renewal of the .Org Registry Agreement
A Selection of Comments Submitted in Connection with the Renewal of the .Org Agreement These are a selection of notable comments from the over 3,000 comments submitted in response to a request for public comment on the terms of the proposed renewal of the .Org agreement. We have highlighted some phrases in bold and where needed fixed minor typos. …
Say “No” to Unlimited Price Increases on .Org Domains! Use this Easy Form for Submitting Comments.
The ICA has created an easy-to-use Form for you to submit your objections to ICANN regarding its proposed removal of all price caps on .org domain names. The form offers several possible objections to the terms of the agreement. You can select the ones that most closely match your concerns. The form will then create an email that you can …
ICA Files ICANN Comment on Proposed .Museum RA Renewal
On October 3, 2017 the ICA filed a comment letter with ICANN regarding the proposed revisions to the renewal Registry Agreement (RA) for the .Museum gTLD. As with other legacy gTLDs that have renewed over the past two years, the new RA proposes to adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). ICA once again protests this de facto creation of Consensus Policy …
ICA Supports Retention of Court Access for Registrants in IGO UDRPs
ICA has just filed its comment letter supporting all five recommendations contained in the GNSO Initial Report on the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Policy Development Process. ICA Counsel Philip Corwin is Co-Chair of the Working Group (WG) that prepared this Report, issued after two years of extensive research into the underlying legal and policy issues. From the …