Hi,

That is just an expression of the rights and responsibilities as already identified in the RAA.  And you are right, for the most part the RAA does not offer the registrants any significant rights.

And good luck to us  getting any of the so called aspirational rights that were identified.  This may be another area where here is some commonality between the Constituencies in NCSG and with the ALAC/At-large

a.

On 29 Jun 2011, at 08:19, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

> Tellingly, I see no evidence of registrant rights, even to the continued reliable resolution of a registered name, only asserted responsibilities.
> 
> --Wendy
> 
> On 06/29/2011 02:44 AM, William Drake wrote:
>> Of interest...
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: ICANN At-Large Staff<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: June 28, 2011 5:24:36 PM GMT+02:00
>>> To:<[log in to unmask]>,<[log in to unmask]>, apralo<[log in to unmask]>, "'Discussion for At-Large Europe'"<[log in to unmask]>, "'LACRALO discussion list'"<[log in to unmask]>,<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN Publishes Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Webpage
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ICANN has published a document that identifies available registrant rights
>>> and responsibilities under the 2009 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA),
>>> on a webpage that summarizes available registrant rights and
>>> responsibilities including those that arise under ICANN Consensus Policies
>>> and specifications, as they are incorporated in the RAA:
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/registrant-rights-responsibilities-en.htm
>>> .
>>> The document, translated into several languages, is available at:
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-27jun11-en.htm.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn
>>> Vernon,
>>> 
>>> ICANN At-Large Staff
>>> 
>> 
> 
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