Worth noting: John Levine points out on another mailing list that the changes are the same as those already integrated in the .COM Registry Agreement 3 years ago and that did not cause as many ripples back then.

He also mentions that governments seize gTLD domains all the time when they get a suitable
court order. But of course I guess this is all in the details.

Kindest regards,

Olivier



On 20/04/2023 17:12, Evan Leibovitch via CPWG wrote:
https://freespeech.com/2023/04/19/red-alert-icann-and-verisign-proposal-would-allow-any-government-in-the-world-to-seize-domain-names/

Let's briefly put aside the boasting about ALAC's incremental involvement in the trivial agendas set by ICANN's vested interests. Here's a real example of an issue that can negatively affect end-users. The aims of the proposed modification may be laudable, but there's too much room for arbitrariness and too much potential to curb political speech unwanted by a government.

BTW ... Why was this not already flagged by ALAC as cause for concern? Why did I have to find out about this in the media rather than from the inside. Was ALAC intending to ignore it?

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. ALAC is obsessed with the trivial and the self-absorbed, but asleep during the issues that actually affect the constituency we're supposed to serve.

Does ALAC have what it takes to fight for the public interest on something that actually matters?
Is it capable of balancing the various intertwining issues? If the CPWG meets on this issue I'll be there.

Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch / @el56

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