[bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW BY 2-AUG: BC comments on Thick Whois PDP Initial Report

[Laura Covington]

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Laura Covington
VP, Intellectual Property Policy
Yahoo! Inc.
lhc at yahoo-inc.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elisa Cooper <Elisa.Cooper at markmonitor.com>
Date: Monday, July 29, 2013 7:42 AM
To: "Hansen, Anjali" <AHansen at council.bbb.org>
Cc: Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo at aim.be>, "bc-gnso at icann.org"
<bc-gnso at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW BY 2-AUG: BC comments on Thick Whois PDP
Initial Report

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>+1
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>On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:41 AM, "Hansen, Anjali"
><AHansen at council.bbb.org<mailto:AHansen at council.bbb.org>> wrote:
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>I agree with Marie¹s addition.
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>From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org>
>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Marie Pattullo
>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:30 AM
>To: bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso at icann.org>
>Subject: FW: [bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW BY 2-AUG: BC comments on Thick Whois
>PDP Initial Report
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>Thanks to Elisa & Steve; AIM fully supports a move towards thick WHOIS.
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>On page 2, can we please add one bullet:
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>Requiring a Œthick¹ WHOIS would:
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>€              improve response consistency,
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>€              improve stability,
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>€              improve access to WHOIS data, and
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>€              provide a more level playing field for competition between
>Registries.
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>€              enhance consumer/user protection
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>Rationale: we¹re supposed to be ensuring that the DN system works for the
>benefit of users ­ not just registrars/registries. Consumers should have
>the right to know to whom they are giving their data, including credit
>card details.
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>Many thanks for considering the above,
>
>Marie
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>From: owner-bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org>
>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Laura Covington
>Sent: dimanche 28 juillet 2013 18:22
>To: Steve DelBianco
>Cc: bc-gnso at icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso at icann.org> list
>Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW BY 2-AUG: BC comments on Thick Whois
>PDP Initial Report
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>Looks good to us.  Thanks, Elisa.
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>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:43 AM, "Steve DelBianco"
><sdelbianco at netchoice.org<mailto:sdelbianco at netchoice.org>> wrote:
>As we've discussed before, there's a PDP (Policy Development Process)
>underway to consider requiring thick Whois for all gTLD registries ‹
>including legacy TLDs such as com and net.
>
>The Working Group published its Initial Report
>(here<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/thick-initial-21jun13-en.pdf%2
>0>), concluding there are more benefits than disadvantages to requiring
>thick Whois for all gTLD registries. The Working Group recommends that
>thick Whois services should "become a requirement for all gTLD
>registries, both existing and future."
>
>Public comment page is
>here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/thick-whois-initial-21jun
>13-en.htm>.
>
>Elisa Cooper prepared the attached draft of BC comments.
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>The reply comment period closes 4-Aug-2013, so please Reply All before
>2-Aug with edits or questions.
>
>And thanks to Elisa for preparing this draft.
>
>--
>Steve DelBianco
>Vice chair for policy coordination
>Business Constituency
>
><BC Comments - Thick Whois PDP WG Initial Report [Draft v1].doc>
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