> Joanna Lane wrote: > > > > They had to drop URDP and Sunrise from the dotUS proposal > > (or in the alternative, could have applied to Congress for a variance) > > because access to a public resource cannot discriminate against > any of the > > groups that own that resource, in this case the US people. > > UDRP and Sunrise are part and parcel of the Neustar agreement to run .us > that has been approved by the DoC and is now being implemented. And the > "US people" have neither ownership nor control of .us. > > M.S.
Michael, I disagree. It looks like it was ammended http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usrfp/SB1335-02-W-0175-0001.htm Reasons explained by NTIA Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Assistant Chief Counsel for Telecommunications and Assistant Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property, the agreement violates both the APA and RFA. http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/comments/doc02_0205.html.; Which is what I said...:-) Joanna
