<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">I would like to second Mike's motion.
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Greg<BR>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Mike Rodenbaugh <icann@rodenbaugh.com><BR>To: Council GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:36:58 AM<BR>Subject: [council] Request for Issues Report re Registration Abuse Policies<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello,</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=781582405-28082008>A signficant </SPAN>discrepancy in registry contracts <SPAN class=781582405-28082008>exists, with respect to language intended to allow registries to take action against abuse. T</SPAN>he recent Afilias funnel request <SPAN class=781582405-28082008>highlights the issue, as has</SPAN><SPAN class=781582405-28082008> a </SPAN>related discussion in the Fast Flux WG. <SPAN class=781582405-28082008> The BC </SPAN>propose<SPAN class=781582405-28082008>s </SPAN>a Council resolution to request Staff to lay out the facts and potential options around this issue, for further community discussion. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=781582405-28082008>I hope we can discuss this and have a vote at </SPAN>our next meeting on Sept. 4<SUP>th</SUP>.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mike R<SPAN class=781582405-28082008>odenbaugh</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=781582405-28082008><FONT color=#000000>Councilor, Business Constituency</FONT> </SPAN><SPAN class=781582405-28082008> </SPAN><SPAN class=781582405-28082008> </SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Whereas:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>1.<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ICANNĒs mission is to ensure the security and stability of the DNS, and to develop policy reasonably related to that mission.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>2.<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Various forms of DNS abuse, in isolation and/or in the aggregate, cause a less secure and stable DNS.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>3.<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some of ICANNĒs gTLD registry agreements and appended registry-registrar agreements contain a provision such as Section 3.6.5 of the .info Registry Agreement, Appendix 8 (<A title=blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/appendix-08-08dec06.htm href="http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/appendix-08-08dec06.htm" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/appendix-08-08dec06.htm</A>):</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 111pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>3.6.5.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>[Registrars] acknowledge and agree that Afilias reserves the right to deny,<BR>cancel or transfer any registration or transaction, or place any<BR>domain name(s) on registry lock, hold or similar status, that it deems<BR>necessary, in its discretion; (1) to protect the integrity and<BR>stability of the registry; (2) to comply with any applicable laws,<BR>government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, or any<BR>dispute resolution process; (3) to avoid any liability, civil or<BR>criminal, on the part of Afilias, as well as its affiliates,<BR>subsidiaries, officers, directors, and employees; (4) per the terms of<BR>the registration agreement or (5) to correct mistakes made by
Afilias<BR>or any Registrar in connection with a domain name registration.<BR>Afilias also reserves the right to place upon registry lock, hold or<BR>similar status a domain name during resolution of a dispute.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>4.<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Afilias, the dotInfo Registry Operator, per its recent RSEP request, has sought to clarify and implement its specific abusive registration policy with respect to this provision. This request has been approved by ICANN, </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/afilias-to-icann-06aug08.pdf href="http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/afilias-to-icann-06aug08.pdf" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/afilias-to-icann-06aug08.pdf</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN>5.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr>Some of ICANNĒs gTLD registry agreements, notably the Verisign contracts for .com and .net, have no such provision. Other gTLD registry agreements do contain such provision, but the registry operators have not developed or have inconsistently developed abusive registration policies.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The GNSO Council resolves to request an Issues Report from ICANN Staff with respect to the following:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To identify and describe the various provisions in existing and previous gTLD registry and registry-registrar agreements which relate to contracting partiesĒ <SPAN class=781582405-28082008>ability </SPAN>to take action in response to abuse.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>2.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To identify and describe various provisions in a representative sampling of gTLD registration agreements which relate to contracting partiesĒ and/or registrants rights and obligations with respect to abuse.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>3.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To identify and describe any previous discussion in ICANN fora which substantively pertains to provisions of this nature in any of these agreements.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>4.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To identify and describe potential options for further Council consideration, relating to consistency and propriety of provisions of this nature in all of these agreements.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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