Re: [atlarge-discuss] Questions for each candidate

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 05:58 a.m. 15/05/2003, you wrote:
> DNS "issues" become issues, because companies see opportunities or 
> ICANN proposes regulation for them. Today it is WHOIS accuracy, delete 
> policy and WLS among others. UDRP is already yesterday's battle.

UDRP is the foundation on which much of their entire house of cards is 
built.  UDRP is largely why there's a fuss over WHOIS accuracy.  UDRP 
ought not to be thought of as a de facto accomplishment, granting that 
is not an option IMHO.  ICANN must not be allowed to continue create 
internationally "binding" trademark/copyright regulations based on 
conract agreements with commercial operators.

> IDN.IDN still has to start.

What about UDRP and IDN?  Can you imagine what chaos will ensue when the 
UDRP is applied to international character strings?!  Good reapings for 
the lawyers though... perhaps that prospect  pleases you?

>   The issues of today may be mild compared with the DNS issues of 
> tomorrow. (legislation against alt roots,  internet-death, "what is 
> spam" and more on the horizon)

Let us not forget to define "what is a domain name".

>  What I would like to see is an ICANN-recognized Bill of Rights for 
> Domain Name Owners that enumerates a number of protections that should 
> be incorporated in the registrar contracts.

Protections pertaining to what, or from what, exactly?

--Sotiris Sotiropoulos


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