Re: [ga] Fwd: Potential Danger Ahead for Registrants -- dot-info Abusive Domain Use Policy

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George and all,

  Again George you neglected to include/provide the actual
URL of the proposal.  Perhaps you hit your head on a tree
on the way down from the jungle canopy?  Or was it
Banana depravation as the cause for the oversight? >:)

  The actual URL for the proposal is:
http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/afilias-request-20jun08.pdf

George Kirikos wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> According to:
>
> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05146.html
>
> we are allowed to make comments at any time on proposed new services.
>
> I'd like to put my comments below that I posted on the GA list on the
> record. I'd oppose setting up registries as judge, jury AND
> executioner. Even the UDRP has checks and balances. So should any new
> policy, in order to protect the inherent rights of registrants to due
> process. Removing a domain name from the zone file, without cancelling
> the domain, is surely sufficient for even the most urgent cases of
> abuse.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
> --- George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:50:19 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Potential Danger Ahead for Registrants -- dot-info Abusive
> > Domain Use Policy
> > To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > ICANN has posted a request by Afilias for a new registry service in
> > relation to "abusive" domains in dot-info:
> >
> > http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/index.html#2008007
> > http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/afilias-request-20jun08.pdf
> >
> > While in general the proposal is motivated by good intentions, the
> > devil is in the details. While most folks (including myself) probably
> > care very little about the .info TLD, my concern is that any bad
> > implementation in .info might be copied or used as a precedent in
> > other
> > more important TLDs, in particular .com run by VeriSign.
> >
> > In particular:
> >
> >
> > "Pursuant to Section 3.6.5 of the RRA, Afilias reserves the right to
> > deny, **cancel** or transfer any registration or transaction, or
> > place
> > any domain name(s) on registry lock, hold or similar status, that it
> > deems necessary, **in its discretion**;........"
> >
> > (emphasis added)
> >
> > I would be against giving VeriSign (if the model was copied to .com)
> > that discretionary power over my company's domains, especially the
> > "right to cancel." What exactly is "illegal"? In China, I'm sure
> > there
> > are many things that are illegal that are perfectly legal in Canada,
> > the USA or the EU. Suppose a domain name gets hacked for a brief
> > time,
> > and is temporarily used to serve up spam or malware, etc. That
> > company
> > experiencing bad luck, having their site hacked, can then be put
> > totally out of business in the event that the registry operator, "in
> > its discretion," decides to cancel the domain name.
> >
> > Thus, I think concern should be raised that any implementation be
> > very
> > conservative in order to protect the inherent right of registrants to
> > due process. The potential for harm in a bad implementation is
> > enormous, and companies and individuals could be put out of business
> > if
> > a valuable domain name is taken from a registrant.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > George Kirikos
> > http://www.kirikos.com/
> >

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