December 2010 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

9th Circuit Court ruling on ICANN Contract.
by Bill Silverstein Jan. 20, 2011

Jan. 20, 2011

The 9th circuit has ruled that the section 3.7.7.3 of the registrar/registrant contract has no meaning. This is a result of the no third party beneficiary provision of section 5.10 of the contract. This not only eliminates the issue for spam liability, but the issue for copyright or trademark infringement. Under the 9th circuit interpretation, I can use domains by proxy to hide my identity when I register and profit from barbiedoll.com to host pirated movies, despite being provided this evidence, that Domains has no requirement to disclose this information. http://www.scribd.com/doc/45487838/Balsam-v-Tucows-No-09-17625-9th-Cir-Dec-…

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Fwd: ATRT Final report and recommendations as sent to the ICANN Board.
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Jan. 2, 2011

Jan. 2, 2011

In advance of more formal publication of the attached document please find, FYI, the Final Report and Recommendations of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team sent a short while ago to the ICANN Board... Staff can be post this to our usual announce and relevant lists please and insert it in the ATRT Wiki page we set up at the beginning of this process. It has been my honor and privilege to serve as your ALAC representative on this inaugural ATRT post AoC; I also trust you will be well satisfied with the outcomes we were able to establish, and see this as an important foundation for the work of the next ATRT and in the improvement of ICANN's A&T... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Cute <brianacute(a)gmail.com> Date: 1 January 2011 04:32 Subject: Re: Latest draft To: olivier.muron(a)orange-ftgroup.com Cc: manal(a)tra.gov.eg, ceo(a)auda.org.au, jbladel(a)godaddy.com, langdonorr(a)gmail.com, zhangxinsheng(a)miit.gov.cn, eiriarte(a)alfa-redi.org, lstrickling(a)ntia.doc.gov, wadelman(a)godaddy.com, peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org, caffsouza(a)gmail.com, falexander(a)ntia.doc.gov, guofeng(a)catr.cn, fabio(a)colasanti.it, chrisdisspain888(a)msn.com, alice.jansen(a)icann.org, olof.nordling(a)icann.org, louienet(a)gmail.com RT, The Final Recommendations have just been sent to the Board and are attached here. Alice, could you please see that this is posted promptly to the ICANN website (as an Announcement) and to the AoC site as well. Thanks to all for the great work in the last week! It's not perfect, but it is in good shape thanks to your efforts. It has been and honor and a pleasure to work with all of you. Have a very Happy New Year! Best regards, Brian On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:06 AM, <olivier.muron(a)orange-ftgroup.com> wrote: > I find the final draft very fine! > > A small edit page 67: the face-to-face meeting was held on October 11-13, > 2010 and not 2007 > > Happy New Year to all of you. > > Olivier > (just back in Paris after a US vacation prolongated by the snow) > ------------------------------ > *De :* Louie Lee [mailto:louienet@gmail.com] > *Envoyé :* vendredi 31 décembre 2010 10:02 > *À :* Brian Cute > *Cc :* Manal Ismail; Chris Disspain; JamesM. Bladel; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; > ZHANG Xinsheng; Erick Iriarte Iriarte Ahon; MURON Olivier RD-DIR-ISS; > Lawrence E. Strickling; Warren Adelman; Peter Dengate Thrush; Carlos Affonso > Pereira de Souza; Fiona Alexander; guo; Fabio Colasanti; > chrisdisspain888(a)msn.com; Alice Jansen; Olof Nordling > *Objet :* Re: Latest draft > > No glaring error! Just need some line justification adjustments here > and there. > > If you want to correct a word for me.... > The "member" in "Independent Expert team member" in my Appendix text should > be plural: members. > > Thank you! > > Louie > -- > > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Brian Cute <brianacute(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > FINAL DRAFT ATTACHED - 2 more edits to go. > > I have two tasks for the morning: > > 1. Revise the page numbers in the footnotes referencing the Berkman Center > report since the pagination has changed. > > 2. Resolve the issue of the missing footnote text for 3 footnotes. > > Beyond that I believe I have captured most of the suggested edits. IF YOU > SEE A GLARING ERROR, PLEASE CALL IT TO MY ATTENTION. > > Once I have addressed #1 and 2 above, I will send the final PDF version to > Alice and Olof for posting. > > Regards, > Brian > > 2010/12/30 Brian Cute < <brianacute(a)gmail.com>brianacute(a)gmail.com> > >> RT, >> >> Attached is the latest version. I have been maintaining my own version of >> the "master" document and have now integrated the comments from Larry and a >> couple of substantive edits from Louie (Appendix A) and Cheryl >> (Recommendation 19). I am still adding some of the grammar and formatting >> edits from Louie and Cheryl. I also added an edit to Appendix A re: >> Management of Public Comments. >> >> Please provide feedback on the following: >> >> 1. Currently, the "priority recommendations are listed as # 7, 9, 10, 11, >> 15, 16, 17 and 23. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS LIST. >> >> 2. Let me know if I have missed substantive edits you provided in the >> last few days. >> >> Please note the following: >> >> 1. I have asked Denise Michel and Alice for assistance in getting links to >> the documents for the 2 missing footnotes (James is assisting on one as >> well.) >> >> 2. I will do a final edit of all the footnotes and a spell check. >> >> If there are any other items, please send me edits now. I intend to send >> this to the Board no later than tomorrow morning U.S. EST. >> >> Thanks all for your focus on getting this document finished. >> >> Regards, >> Brian >> P.S. As requested, Chris is copied above on his <http://msn.com/>msn.comemail. >> 2010/12/30 Manal Ismail < <manal(a)tra.gov.eg>manal(a)tra.gov.eg> >> >> Brian .. >>> >>> I thought it's worth bringing to your attention that the version Louie >>> commented on (the latest) is different from the version Larry commented on >>> .. >>> >>> --Manal >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> من: Louie Lee [mailto: <louienet(a)gmail.com>louienet(a)gmail.com] >>> تاريخ الإرسال: الخميس 30/12/2010 05:41 ص >>> إلى: Manal Ismail; Brian Cute >>> نسخة: Chris Disspain; James M. Bladel; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; ZHANG >>> Xinsheng; Erick Iriarte Iriarte Ahon; Olivier Muron; Lawrence E. Strickling; >>> Warren Adelman; Peter Dengate Thrush; Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza; Fiona >>> Alexander; guo; Fabio Colasanti >>> الموضوع: Re: Latest draft >>> >>> >>> Err.... and here's the attachment. :) >>> >>> >> > <ATRTFinalRecommendations.doc> > >

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Fwd: [EURO-Discuss] WG: - news - [ISOC] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Dec. 31, 2010

Dec. 31, 2010

Dear all, you might wish to join the petition call relayed by Wolf on EURALO's discuss list. Kind regards, Olivier -------- Message original -------- Sujet: [EURO-Discuss] WG: - news - [ISOC] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:19:25 +0100 De : Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> Répondre à : Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Pour : Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Copie à : Vladimir Radunovic <vladar(a)diplomacy.edu> Dear all, I guess that many of you have not realised the devastating decision of the last extraordinary meeting of the United Nation's Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) on 6 December to create a Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) with a membership made up *only of governments*! As you can see below, ISOC has joined the International Chamber of Commerce - Business Action to Support the Information Society, the Internet Governance Caucus, and many other Internet, business, and civil society organizations in sending a letter to the CSTD, asking them to retract their previous decision and to establish an appropriately constituted Working Group that ensures the full and active participation of governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and international organizations and forums. Therefore, I would like to urge all EURALO members to sign the ISOC letter on the future of the IGF - see http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2710 Thanks and kind regards, Wolf Vladimir Radunovic wrote Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:35: >Dear friends, > >news coming from the UN on the future format of IGF are disturbing for many. > > >Below is the email from ISOC, including their initiative to collect support >for the letter to UN CSTD. > >Please read below, and join if you wish to. > >Best! > > Vlada > > >isoc-members-announce-bounces(a)elists.isoc.org sent: 10. decembar 2010 12:25 >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> In an extraordinary meeting on 6 December the United Nation's >> Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) decided to >> create a Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance >> Forum (IGF) (http://www.intgovforum.org/) with a membership made up >> only of governments. >> >> We believe this decision sets back the model of multistakeholder >> cooperation under which the IGF was established, and contradicts the >> instructions given to the CSTD for the establishment of the Working >> Group >> >> The Internet Society has joined the International Chamber of Commerce >> - Business Action to Support the Information Society, the Internet >> Governance Caucus, and many other Internet, business, and civil >> society organizations in sending a letter to the CSTD, asking them to >> retract their previous decision and to establish an appropriately >> constituted Working Group that ensures the full and active >> participation of governments, the private sector and civil society >> from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant >> intergovernmental and international organizations and forums. >> >> Like the Internet, a multistakeholder approach has been at the core of >> the Internet Governance Forum's formation and success. We hope that >> Internet Society Chapters and Members, as well as other organizations, >> will join us in signing the letter. >> >> You may read the full letter, and see the growing list of signatories, >> and indicated your own support here: >> >> http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2710 >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Jon McNerney >> Chief Operating Officer >> Internet Society >> www.isoc.org >> _______________________________________________ >> To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, >> please log into the ISOC Member Portal: >> https://portal.isoc.org/ >> Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. > > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allmend http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Dec. 31, 2010

Dec. 31, 2010

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A geek's way to give back (off-topic)
by Evan Leibovitch Dec. 30, 2010

Dec. 30, 2010

Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well during this time of year. For some, the coming of the new year offers a time to reflect; many make new years' resolutions and others make contributions to charity I have a suggestion to make, of a small but worthwhile contribution you can make that costs no money and very little time. The contribution is in the form of unused processing and memory power in your computers, which can be used to contribute to assist research projects intended to enhance human scientific progress. Some of you may be already aware of the project known as "SETI@Home<http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/>", which has been using the power of hundreds of thousands of under-used PCs in homes and businesses worldwide to decode radio signals in the search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. What is less known is that the same distributed processing network used for SETI and other math projects is also being used to assist research to combat Cancer, AIDS, Malaria, Muscular Distrophy, Dengue and other diseases. Specifically, I am referring to the "World Community Grid <https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp>", an IBM-sponsored way for researchers to have access to this distributed processing system. Among other projects are efforts study climate change models and find ways to provide clean water. Getting involved is easy. The open-source client software, called BOINC, is available for Windows, Macs and Linux <http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>. After installing it you attach it to the project(s) of your choice. My own systems are attached to the WCG as well as "malariacontrol.net" and SETI. Once connected, as your computer(s) complete the tasks assigned to them you earn "credits", a point system that acknowledges your contribution. Almost all projects have a concept of "teams", which is nothing more than arbitrary groups of individual account holders. Most teams are based around educational institutions, computer clubs etc. and many participants are members of a team (though it's not required). For what it's worth, I've created ICANN teams at SETI, the WCG and malariacontrol.net. Feel free to join -- membership is not limited to At-Large and there is no moderation process -- just to see what we can do collectively. This may not be everyone's idea of community work, and some may even consider it a form of "slacktivism<http://www.snopes.com/info/glossary.asp#slack>" because it's so low-effort (once you install and join, there's not much for you to do except track the progress of your projects). But such activity has real value to the researchers and ... who knows? You may have a tiny role to play in solving some of mankind's more complex medical and environmental challenges. I'm more than happy to assist anyone having problems connecting, though chances are than an audience that is already savvy on issues such of DNS and IPV6 doesn't need too much hand-holding. Being a volunteer in ICANN policy making already shows that you have an interest in giving and improving society through use of the Internet. This email and this effort have not been submitted to anyone for endorsement -- and I have no intention on doing so, since it's way out of scope for ICANN -- but I think it's a good idea for individual effort. Thanks, and have a good and happy holiday season. Evan Leibovitch Co-Chair of ALAC, but speaking on behalf of nobody but myself.

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Re: [At-Large] At-Large Digest, Vol 29, Issue 31
by Fouad Bajwa Dec. 28, 2010

Dec. 28, 2010

Just to add to resolutions and charity work in this new year, Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Government to Switch to Free Software by 2015: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015. http://mashable.com/2010/12/27/vladimir-putin-free-software-by-2015/ ;o) Happy New Year all! Fouad On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM, <at-large-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org> > To: ICANN At-Large list <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:20:31 -0500 > Subject: [At-Large] A geek's way to give back (off-topic) > Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well during this time of year. > > For some, the coming of the new year offers a time to reflect; many make new > years' resolutions and others make contributions to charity > > I have a suggestion to make, of a small but worthwhile contribution you can > make that costs no money and very little time. The contribution is in the > form of unused processing and memory power in your computers, which can be > used to contribute to assist research projects intended to enhance human > scientific progress. > > Some of you may be already aware of the project known as > "SETI@Home<http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/>", > which has been using the power of hundreds of thousands of under-used PCs in > homes and businesses worldwide to decode radio signals in the search for > Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. What is less known is that the same > distributed processing network used for SETI and other math projects is also > being used to assist research to combat Cancer, AIDS, Malaria, Muscular > Distrophy, Dengue and other diseases. Specifically, I am referring to > the "World > Community Grid <https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp>", an > IBM-sponsored way for researchers to have access to this distributed > processing system. Among other projects are efforts study climate change > models and find ways to provide clean water. > > Getting involved is easy. The open-source client software, called > BOINC, is available > for Windows, Macs and Linux <http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>. After > installing it you attach it to the project(s) of your choice. My own systems > are attached to the WCG as well as "malariacontrol.net" and SETI. > > Once connected, as your computer(s) complete the tasks assigned to them you > earn "credits", a point system that acknowledges your contribution. > > Almost all projects have a concept of "teams", which is nothing more than > arbitrary groups of individual account holders. Most teams are based around > educational institutions, computer clubs etc. and many participants are > members of a team (though it's not required). For what it's worth, I've > created ICANN teams at SETI, the WCG and malariacontrol.net. Feel free to > join -- membership is not limited to At-Large and there is no moderation > process -- just to see what we can do collectively. > > This may not be everyone's idea of community work, and some may even > consider it a form of > "slacktivism<http://www.snopes.com/info/glossary.asp#slack>" > because it's so low-effort (once you install and join, there's not much for > you to do except track the progress of your projects). But such activity has > real value to the researchers and ... who knows? You may have a tiny role to > play in solving some of mankind's more complex medical and environmental > challenges. > > I'm more than happy to assist anyone having problems connecting, though > chances are than an audience that is already savvy on issues such of DNS and > IPV6 doesn't need too much hand-holding. Being a volunteer in ICANN policy > making already shows that you have an interest in giving and improving > society through use of the Internet. > > This email and this effort have not been submitted to anyone for endorsement > -- and I have no intention on doing so, since it's way out of scope for > ICANN -- but I think it's a good idea for individual effort. > > Thanks, and have a good and happy holiday season. > > Evan Leibovitch > Co-Chair of ALAC, but speaking on behalf of nobody but myself. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org> > To: ICANN At-Large list <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:35:41 -0500 > Subject: Re: [At-Large] A geek's way to give back (off-topic) > Sigh. > > Evan Leibovitch >> Co-Chair of ALAC, but speaking on behalf of nobody but myself. >> > > That's *Vice*-Chair. Sorry. There was no intent to misrepresent. >

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Happy Holiday!
by Evan Leibovitch Dec. 25, 2010

Dec. 25, 2010

No matter what it is you celebrate this time of year, I hope the occasion finds you healthy, safe and happy. Here's to a great 2010 for At-Large and an even better 2011. And thanks to all of you for being a part of it. - Evan

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: Christmas Cheer - Digital Display...!!!!
by vivek anannd Dec. 25, 2010

Dec. 25, 2010

Hi all a merry christmas and a peaceful, progressive and productive new year. If you have the time and patience click the link for the wonderful digital message below ----- MERRY X' MAS TO U AND UR FAMILIES....... A little Christmas Cheer for This Time of the Year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA Prof.V.C.Vivekanandan Maastricht University - Law School ICSSR-NWO Research Fellow Mob-+31-631-500-309 Dr.V.C.Vivekanandan Ministry of HRD IP Chair Professor NALSAR University of Law 3-5-874/18 Apollo Hospital Lane,Hyderguda,Hyderabad- 500029- India Adjunct Visiting Professor, University of Buffalo Business School, New York NomCom (Nominating Committee Member)ICANN Ph:+91-40-23210170/ Mobile-+91-9866050494 vivek@nalsarpro.org,personal:vivekvc2001@yahoo.co.in

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten Dec. 24, 2010

Dec. 24, 2010

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Net Neutrality You Say?
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 21, 2010

Dec. 21, 2010

The story is becoming even more complex.... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/business/media/21fcc.html?hp Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround =============================

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