These days "DNS Abuse" is a current topic, particularly in the ICANN world. The phrase describes an effort to engender a level of self-regulation in the DNS supply industry, where behaviors are mainly governed by contractual provisions between the registrant and the registrar and between the registrar and a common registry. It allows various forms of abusive behaviors, including criminal activities, that leverage the DNS to be sanctioned by contractual enforcement, including the takedown of the DNS names. It's a lot like the self-regulatory measures that are common in the finance industry, but without the reporting framework, without any common legal framework for enforcement, and without any penalties for breaches. My suspicion is that it will turn out to be no more effective than the similar measures to undertake self-regulation in the finance sector and probably even more ineffectual than the rather unimpressive results that the banking sector has posted. It's unlikely to be successful in reducing the levels of abusive and criminal behavior that leverage the DNS and the Internet. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20201028-a-look-at-dns-trends-and-what-the-fut...