<div dir="ltr">Hi Steve,<div><br></div><div style>Thanks to you, Susan, John and Jimson for your work on this.</div><div style><br></div><div style>SVGC supports the comment as presented.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 January 2014 21:41, Steve DelBianco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>ICANN posted a <a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/cmu-misuse-study-26nov13-en.pdf" target="_blank">Study</a> on Whois Misuse. </div>
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<div>Back in 2009 the BC prompted this study to learn whether "<i>Public access to WHOIS data leads to a measurable degree of misuse – that is, to actions that cause actual harm, are illegal or illegitimate, or otherwise contrary to the stated legitimate purpose.</i>"</div>
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<div>We discussed this study on our 5-Dec member call. Three BC members volunteered to review and draft comments on the study (Jimson Olufuye, Susan Kawaguchi, John Berard).</div>
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<div>As discussed on our 9-Jan call, their proposed comment is brief and should be easy for members to do an expedited review before ICANN's due date of 18-Jan-2014.</div>
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<div>So please review the attached and REPLY ALL with your comments or objections before 18-Jan-2014.</div>
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<div>Thanks again to Jimson, Susan, and John for stepping-up to this.</div>
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
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