My server has been rejecting mail lately (a Freudian slip perhaps!), so I
missed this till now.
Basically, the sense of the board is that this policy, whatever it
eventually involves, should probably address all (nonpolitical) disputes
over names, not just the "abusive" registrations that WIPO focuses on.
("all commercial disputes linked" to domain name registrations may be
overbroad, as opposed to commercial disputes over names themselves.)
Esther Dyson
At 01:38 AM 07/06/99, Bret A. Fausett wrote:
>Esther -- I'm confused about some of the statements in the ICANN Press
Communique and what weight/accuracy those statements have. Could you clarify
when you have a moment. The following was posted on ifwp.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bret
>
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>I'm confused.
>
>I just re-read the ICANN Press Communiqu� from Berlin.
>
>In the press release (written by the PR firm, not ICANN) is this:
>
> The Initial Board noted that a uniform dispute settlement
> mechanism was a necessary element of a competitive
> registrar system. The Initial Board noted that the
> scope of this policy should be wider than the cases
> of abusive registration with which the WIPO report
> deals, and ultimately cover all commercial dispute
> issues linked to Domain Name registrations.
>
>That last sentence is not in the Board's resolutions. What does it mean?
Does it indeed represent a Board sentiment? Was that sentiment unanimous?
>
>Can someone who was in Berlin (or better yet, an ICANN Board member) shed
some light on this?
>
>Thanks.
>
> -- Bret
>
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