Kathy,
I am not at all comfortable with asking the U.S. Congress to get involved in this.
Are you? When Access Now called for Congress to get involved it was clearly due to their lack of experience and knowledge of the IG/ICANN space. We went through the IANA transition to liberate DNS governance from a single jurisdiction. If we call them back in then what do we say when the IPR interests ask for legislation regarding Whois?
--MM
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From: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kathy Kleiman
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:38 AM
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Subject: Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale
Hi All,
Happy New Year!! I don't think this has been posted on this list yet. On 12/23, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, with Representative Anna Eshoo wrote a letter to PIR, Ethos Capital and ISOC questioning whether nonprofit groups, free speech and internet users would be harmed selling control of .ORG domains to a private equity firm. It's a good letter that shows their staff did some in depth research.
Overview webpage:
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm
Letter itself:
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf
Best,
Kathy (Kleiman)
