Thanks Wolf. The use by commercial entities has certainly been raised in the WG - by the IP community. It is not something that has ALAC support, nor does it have support within either the NCSG or, indeed, registrars. So I don't think that is a likely outcome Holly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolf Ludwig" To:"At-Large Worldwide" , "Discussion for At-Large Europe" Cc: Sent:Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:39:51 +0200 Subject:[At-Large] WG: [IRPCoalition] ICANN, WHOIS, and Human Rights Hello, let me share this posting from the IRP list with you on a related subject. Best, Wolf Bodle, Robert sent Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:10:
I wanted to share two related articles that should be of interest to IRPrs:
Rafik Dammak, chair of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) at ICANN and Steering Committee Member of IRPC, was interviewed recently by APC on ICANN's work in relation to the Domain Names System and freedom of expression activism-- “We need to avoid a situation where the DNS is used to police content”: A conversation with ICANN's Rafik Dammak available here: http://www.apc.org/en/news/“we-need-avoid-situation-where-dns-used-police-con
EFF"s article -- "Powerful Coalition Letter Highlights Danger of ICANN’s New Domain Registration Proposal" mentions The Noncommercial Stakeholders Group's work in opposing ICANN's potential ban on privacy services entirely for websites that are used for a “commercial purpose:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/powerful-coalition-letter-highlights-d...
Best, Robert --
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