Good point, Danny, I agree. Let me try to follow up. Can it wait until Lisbon meeting or does it require more urgent action? >>> Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> 3/6/2007 1:15 PM >>> Beyond the obvious issues pertaining to DMCA-style takedowns and cross-registry privacy concerns, I am troubled by a process that abuses the ICANN Board intent to obtain clarifications. The notes from the 12 February Board meeting state: "John Jeffrey said that subsequent to the posting of the agreement on 5 January Susan Crawford amongst other Board Members had asked for clarification of language in the posted version of Appendix S." What we have in the revised Appendix S is not "clarification" but rather what appears to be language that has resulted from private deal-making between the IPC and ICM Registry. Neither the take-down provisions nor the cross-registry language are "clarifications"; the NCUC should formally express their concern over this back-channel development. --- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > False alarm! I confused ICM with mTLD for a moment > there. I didn't > recall seeing anything about this in the .mobi PAB > so I was a bit > concerned. I have no connection to ICM (.xxx) > > >>> Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> 03/06/07 > 8:53 AM >>> > From ICM Registry Appendix S: > > "Registrars will be required to participate in the > operation of a cross-registry WHOIS database, which > will provide searching capabilities and access to > all > information concerning domain name registrations > regardless of which TLD the domain name is > registered in or which registrar processed the > domain > name application." > > Question: who will be setting the search parameters > for this cross-registry WHOIS Database? Is this an > ICANN project or solely an ICM initiative? How will > this effort impact privacy rights? What does "all > information" include? > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/