On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Olivier and I just read our joint statement, which is below. Please post it > to web, tweet it, blog it, etc. > For those who want to tweet or share it, here is the link: http://ncuc.org/profiles/blogs/alac-ncsg-joint-statement-on-urs Regards, Wilson > Best, > Robin > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 18, 2012 2:37:19 PM EDT > To: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: joint ALAC/NCSG stmnt > > We would like to call the community’s attention to the current status of the > Uniform Rapid Suspension system, or URS. > > As a method to protect brand owners and Internet users against clear and > obvious instances of domain abuse, the URS was a carefully crafted > community-wide consensus. It involved many ICANN constituencies and hard-won > compromises that we can both support and defend. > > Recently, attempts have been made to re-open URS policy because of > cost-related push-back from ICANN’s first and only choices of service > providers so far. Our communities are concerned that important protections > to both users and brand owners could be negatively impacted in the name of > cost cutting. We ask ICANN to make every effort necessary to seek providers > capable of implementing the URS as it now exists, and demand it make no > substantive changes to the URS without the same level of cross-community > support that led to the current consensus. > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > >