George and all, Good point and nicely attributed as well. Now if only ICANN could get the hint, eh?! George Kirikos wrote:

Hello,

To elaborate on "due process." There's a famous award-winning film, "A Man for All Seasons" from the 1960s, based on the play, that had a memorable scene:

---- start quote -------- "William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!

Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?

William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!

Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!" ------ end of quote --------

"For my own safety's sake" what is the protective language in the Afilias policy? In the rush to label some domains as "abusive" in the name of "security," due process is eliminated. Even the Devil (real abusers, spammers, etc.) deserves the benefit of law (and due process), in order to protect everyone else from the anarachy that would result without laws and due process.

"Where would you hide" (what language in the contract do you rely upon), when "the Devil turned 'round on you?" (when the registry operator summarily finds your domain to be "abusive" in its own discretion, its own definition of "abuse" and cancels it)

Sincerely,

George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/

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