Michael and all, Michael Sondow wrote: > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30939,00.html > > ICANN has to approve it. They can't until the DNSO is constituted, > because they would then be acting against their own bylaws, which require > that rules restricting domain name registrations (among other things) to > originate with the DNSO. The ICANN has NO authority to make this decision now, or any time in the future unless or until the membership organization is in place. Should it attempt to do so it would be in direct violation of several US federal laws as well as laws of several other countries as well. Thsi would be a very great mistake should the ICANN take or consider such action. Even with a membership organization in place, the ICANN still would not have this kind of authority for many obvious and already stated reasons. > > > Which is where the January 21 & 22 meetings in Washington come in. That's > where support for WIPO's new rules will be fixed, probably on the 21st, with > the re-written DNSO proposal, including WIPO's draconian DN constraints > (two-month wait between registration and allocation, investigation of the > applicant, a requirement to sign an agreement to be bound by a > WIPO-appointed arbitration board, etc.) submitted to the community on the > 22nd. Ahhhh! I see, so there is some consideration for supporting this WIPO process or set of procedures and it is to be done behind closed doors in a closed meeting on January 21st. Very interesting, if true. Can you or any member of the iCANN verify this information here? > > > There is only one question that remains to be answered: Has the ICANN BoD > already told the INTA and WIPO that it will accept those draconian > measures, and that only an application for a DNSO that includes them will be > approved? Yes, this may very well be a good question. Food for thought perhaps. Esther, can you shed some light on this question? > > > __________________________________________________ > To receive the digest version instead, send a > blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___END____________________________________________ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
