From the published notes of the BC members call 7 March 2007 Does the BC going forward want to consider input for rights protection in other ways than costly defensive registrations? In discussion the following points were made: „X yes, defensive registrations are wasteful and costly; both right owners and registries say they do not want them „X a Council WG was looking at previous sunrise systems and other rights protection mechanisms and may come up with recommendations on best practice „X yes this issue is important and needs to be addressed now „X a rapid takedown procedure is needed „X there is a need for a balanced system that is proportional to harm „X the recent .eu and proposed .xxx rapid take down system may be models to consider. Conclusion: it was agreed to produce a new BC position paper covering these two issues. ACTION Philip ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091