Re: [ga] DMCA Takedown Procedures in revised .xxx appendix S

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Dierker and all,

  As I recall it was ICANN itself that recommended .XXX.  So,
what does ICANN think, that any Domain names registered
in the .XXX name space are going to be choir boy and/or
politically correct?  Not likely.

  Secondly, the adult industry represented as domain names
is a reality that isn't going to disappear as a result of
DCMA Takedown Procedures, and .XXX is not the
TLD of choice for the adult industry.

Finally, DOC/NTIA has already nixed .XXX.

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    This "fast track" approach to really rather complicated matters
> should be stricken. The Internet does not require us to reinvent
> jurisprudence (perhaps prudence being key here).
>   Karl's model is the only one that makes any sense at all. Hundreds
> of years of developing legal structure should not be erased by some
> untrained personnel within a few month's time.
>
>   Eric
>
> Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Danny Younger wrote:
>
> > 5. Rapid Takedown
>
> Woof, that's pretty close to the method used to judge witches - throw
> 'em into the river, if they drown they are not witches, if they live
> they are witches and must to be burned at the stake.
>
> ICANN, however, is already using an even more pro-trademark method -
> it
> denies existence to any TLD that does not agree to follow ICANN's
> trademark-uber-alles kangaroo court system (UDRP). For example, my
> .ewe
> TLD is neutral and leaves such disputes to be fought among the actual
> parties in the national and international legal systems. That means
> that .ewe will not be allowed into ICANN's closed marketplace of TLDs.
>
> In the world of ICANN, restraint of trade is not an evil, it is a way
> of
> life.
>
> --karl--
>
>
>
>

Regards,
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