[ga] Why not to do something real this time ? (was: another twist on whois)

[JFC Morfin <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vittorio, Roberto, Danny, Chris, Joop, and others from GA, ALAC, NCUC,
why not to consider writing a Registry/Registrar/Resellers Best 
Practices document including all the user protection clauses which 
exist or which could reasonably be implemented. Then we make it an 
RFC. This would permitting RRRs to compete in terms of best user 
interest respect in publishing the clauses they adhere to or not.
jfc

At 11:55 21/01/2007, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Dena Whitebirch ha scritto:
> > This post will likely bring up a ton of interrelated issues that 
> > although I tried, I couldn't figure how to separate for discussion 
> > purposes.  I guess it's a bit like the internet...one thing 
> > connects to the rest.
>
> Your story is interesting, though not so uncommon, so I have 
> forwarded the post to the ICANN Board list.
>
> ICANN si not the primary subject in this kind of problems, but I am 
> wondering whether there could actually be some consumer protection 
> measures that ICANN could take: for example it could add to the 
> registrar accreditation agreements a clause that requires them to 
> force their resellers to expose certain things to final registrants 
> (such as, who is the actual registrar company) or to avoid others 
> (such as using terms like "registration" unless there is an actual 
> registration in the final customer's name). Even if compliance of 
> these clauses would be a responsibility of the reseller only, and if 
> ICANN wouldn't usually be in the position to enforce them, at least 
> they would provide a benchmark of "good practice", and something 
> that registrants could use in their favour in the case of a controversy.
>
> Regards,
> --
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