Dear All, I was thinking of global end users who come from all across the world. The protection of Intellectual Property is important and there are mechanisms that exist to protect IP. The challenge is in the area of determining how far to go to pursue this objective. It is the right of those holding intellectual property to protect their mark but in my view, not at the expense of other rights. In a separate thread in the past, I had shared case law from the European Court of Justice where they ECJ have been known to uphold "freedom of expression" or to protect innocent content from being filtered aside from privacy angles. However, in light of the ongoing discussions on Intellectual Property and Free Trade, I also recognise that States have the sovereign right to engage with whom they please and the manner in which they wish to do so. This is their prerogative, I also recognise that States ultimately will look out for their own interests, after all that is what they are expected to do. We live in a world which continues to grow in interconnectedness and the Internet has brought the global community together in a manner that is unprecedented. As nations gear towards strengthening their positions whether it is cyber security based or the protection of intellectual property, one thing is clear and remains certain, we have to prepare for the "forced" changes that will come with pursuing certain ambitions. To this end, whilst PIPA was put to bed, the philosophy behind it is not dead. I thought that this would be a good time to discuss the potential ramifications of DNS filtering and how this affects the Internet and the ordinary end user. Circle ID on May 26, 2011 had published a paper which was submitted to US Congress by Experts on the danger of DNS filtering, see: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110525_experts_urge_congress_to_reject_propo... One of those Experts was none other than current ICANN Chair. -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala P.O. Box 17862 Suva Fiji Twitter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851