Re: [council] Correspondence from the Chairman of Marques, Association of European Trade Mark Owners about WHOIS

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"...urge ICANN to implement a study that looks beyond the needs of the 
registrar and domainer communities..."
Apparently Marques hasn't actually participated in the discussion 
otherwise they'd know that anyone outside of the IP community has found 
it virtually impossible to get a word in edgewise.
I love how they are looking to further spin the discussion into further 
fracas by bringing domainers into the picture. While most of the ICANN 
constituencies have been very vocal on the subject (with none really 
dominating the discussion one way or the other) I don't think that 
domainers have been very vocal at all. Yet more red herring from the IP 
community. Just what we need.
GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Dear Council Members,
>
> Please note the recent correspondence from Jane Collins, Chairman of 
> Marques, Association of European Trade Mark Owners, to Dr. Paul Twomey 
> and the ICANN Board, raising concern over Whois issues.
> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/
> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/collins-to-twomey-11sep07.pdf
>
> Thank you.
> Kind regards,
>
> Glen

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Regards,

Ross Rader
Director, Retail Services
Tucows Inc.

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