> Dear all, > As some of you may be aware, there are moves to strengthen the cooperation = > between the ccNSO and GNSO. Ideas are being canvassed for suggestions on po= > ssible areas for interaction. A question: would the issue of domain name ta= > kedown might be a good one to suggest for joint ccNSO GNSO work? Especially= > given the recent Verisign episode, it is not just a ccTLD issue. Lots of d= > ifferences between the GNSO and ccNSO but takedowns have some significant i= > ssues in terms of the rights of registrants that would echo across both and= > likely to be of increasing focus =85.. > Thoughts? With Nominet dealing with this in the UK as well, it's clear that there is common ground between ccNSO and GNSO here. However, I am concerned that cc delegates may be more easily influenced by censorship-happy governments and that this might leave us with less protection for freedom of speech in the generic name space than we might otherwise have. -- Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask] Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/