I’m on .sucks side on this one.



In effect, the .sucks domain seems to be engaged in a legitimate form of price discrimination between brand owners who want to suppress critical expression about their brands and people who actually want to use the domain for its intended purpose.



Extortion means that one is threatened with violence or some other form of illegal harm if one doesn’t pay up. The idea that paying a high fee to preempt the mere possibility that someone might register and use a critical domain such as brand.sucks is not extortion.



--MM



From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rafik Dammak

Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:09 PM

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Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] [Info] IPC Letter to ICANN regarding .SUCKS





Hi everyone



Please find attached the letter sent by IPC to ICANN about .sucks .



Best Regards.



Rafik