April 2011 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

Council of Europe principles Internet Governance
by Philip Sheppard April 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

Not a bad list and some familiar authors. http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media-dataprotection/conf-interne… edom/Internet%20Governance%20Principles.pdf Philip Sheppard AIM - European Brands Association 9 avenue des Gaulois 1040 Brussels +32 2 736 0305 <http://www.aim.be/> www.aim.be

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19-Apr-2011 GAC advice on New gTLD Rights Protection Mechanisms
by Steve DelBianco April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011

The GAC posted this document yesterday. It's further advice regarding RPMs (Rights Protection Mechanisms) See attached or at http://gac.icann.org/press-release/further-gac-advice-new-gtld-rights-prote… I don't this was written after receipt of ICANN's latest guidebook. But it is highly relevant to BC positions on RPMs Note that the GAC is saying that TM Claims services should be required after launch of a gTLD, which was not part of the ICANN response. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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Proposed BC comment on ICANN proposed budget for 2012
by Steve DelBianco April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

ICANN is now gathering public comment on its proposed framework for FY 2012 operating plan and budget. Attached is a discussion draft for BC comments prepared by Chris Chaplow, our Vice Chair for Finance & Administration. (Those of you in San Francisco last week heard Chris summarize these comments in the Public Forum on Thursday. ) ICANN's Comment period closes 4-April, so today (21-March) begins our 14-day review period for this discussion draft. Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 30-March, these comments will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN on 4-April. For topic background, see http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2012 Thanks again to Chris for his leadership on all ICANN financial and administrative issues. Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination

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BC Members call: Thursday 21st April, 10am EST (2pm UTC)
by Benedetta Rossi April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

Dear Members, I'm writing to you to inform you of the upcoming BC Members call which is taking place on Thursday, April 21st 2011 at 10am EST (2pm UTC). Please find the agenda below: 1) Roll Call 2) New gTLD Process/GAC Scorecard Submission/ICANN Response/plans for BC written comments - 15 minutes 3 ) Council Agenda- Steve, Zahid, John - 20 minutes 4) Planning for Singapore -5 minutes - Chair 5) Board Election Update - 5 minutes - Sarah 6) BC Election Schedule - 5 minutes - Chair 7) AOB The dial in details for the call will follow shortly. Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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FILED: Business Constituency response to WHOIS Review Team
by Steve DelBianco April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

Attached is the response of the Business Constituency (BC) Regarding issues described by the WHOIS Review Team. Elisa Cooper served as rapporteur for this document. This document was reviewed and approved by BC members in accordance with our charter.

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New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment
by Phil Corwin April 16, 2011

April 16, 2011

http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment 15 April 2011 Guidebook and Public Comment Forum<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. In keeping with the draft timeline<http://icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011. This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee: 1. Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use)<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr1…> [PDF, 284 KB] 2. GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr…> [PDF, 91 KB] 3. Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11…> [PDF, 331 KB] 4. Root Zone Scaling<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 286 KB] 5. Market and Economic Impacts<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/market-economic-impacts-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 480 KB] 6. Registry-Registrar Separation<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registy-regsitrar-separation-15apr11-e…> [PDF, 400 KB] These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by taking into account the current thinking, discussions and public comments received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook. Also being posted today is the ICANN Reply<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15apr1…> [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN Board's Notes on the GAC Scorecard). Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans post a final version of the guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in Singapore<http://singapore41.icann.org/>. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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Re: [bc-gnso] large bot takedown
by Marilyn Cade April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Thanks, Adam, for posting this. Marilyn Cade Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Adam Palmer <Adam_Palmer(a)symantec.com> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:05:13 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] large bot takedown Hi, Today the U.S. Department of Justice executed the most comprehensive civil and criminal action against a large international bot network. The press release is: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/April/11-crm-466.html Best regards, Adam Adam Palmer Norton Lead Cyber Security Advisor Symantec Phone: 703-232-4914

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internet threat report
by Adam Palmer April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

I apologize if this is a repeat. I know I sent the below to some of you individually, but I can't recall if I sent this to the entire BC list. I think many of you would be interested. This links to Symantec's web page, but its not product related. All, Today marks the launch of Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16<http://www.symantec.com/about/news/resources/press_kits/detail.jsp?pkid=thr…>, which highlights how the volume and sophistication of threats skyrocketed in 2010. The report is one of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world. This report highlights dramatic increases in both the frequency and sophistication of targeted attacks on enterprises; the continued growth of social networking sites as an attack distribution platform; and a change in attackers' infection tactics, in which they are increasingly targeting vulnerabilities in Java to break into traditional computer systems. In addition, the report explores how attackers are exhibiting a notable shift in focus toward mobile devices. One new aspect to the report this year is the development of the "Build Your Report" online tool<http://go.symantec.com/istr>, where a custom report can be created by selecting only those topic areas of interest. You can select from more than 50 different metrics of the threat landscape to create a personalized report. If you would like any further information on this report please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Adam Palmer Norton Lead Cybersecurity Advisor Symantec +1-703-232-4914

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GAC Comments on Board Response to the GAC Scorecard
by Phil Corwin April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

The GAC's responsive comments have just been posted at http://gac.icann.org/system/files/20110412_GAC_comments_on_the_Board_respon… Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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.net renewal - informational posting from ICANN
by Marilyn Cade April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11apr11-en.htm Public Comment: Proposal for Renewal of the .NET Registry Agreement11 April 2011 ICANN has posted a proposed draft renewal agreement for the operation of the .NET registry. The current .NET Registry Agreement is due to expire on 30 June 2011.ICANN's gTLD registry agreements provide for presumptive renewal so long as certain requirements are met. The agreements also provide that upon renewal, changes may be made in the agreement to render the terms similar to other comparable agreements. The proposed renewal agreement from Verisign includes modified provisions to bring the .NET agreement into line with other comparable agreements (e.g. BIZ, COM, INFO, ORG), including terms such as traffic data, limitation of liability, indemnification, assignment, and notice provisions.In addition to the changes to bring .NET into conformance with other agreements, Verisign has requested a change to give more flexibility for the registry to take action to prevent the registration of particular domain names when necessary in order to protect the security and stability of the DNS and the Internet - such as the actions that were taken by Verisign and other registries in coordination with ICANN in order to mitigate the threat from the Conficker virus. One other significant change to the agreement would give the registry operator more flexibility to offer training, technical support, marketing or incentive programs for the purpose of supporting the development of the Internet in underserved markets.The appendices to the agreement are also generally consistent with the current agreement. There are limited updates and deletion of obsolete provisions to Appendices 4, 7 and 10 - readily apparent in the redline document. These updates reflect changes to technical protocols and refinement of reporting requirements.The following documents are provided for public comment: * Proposed Renewal Agreement [PDF, 388 KB] * Redline showing changes from the current .NET agreement [PDF, 200 KB] * Proposed Renewal Agreement Appendices [PDF, 892 KB] * Redline showing changes from the current .NET appendices [PDF, 608 KB] * Summary and explanation of changes [PDF, 356 KB] Public comment may be submitted to net-agreement-renewal(a)icann.org through 10 May 2011 and viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/net-agreement-renewal/. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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