[Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Carlton's closing chat question

James M. Bladel jbladel at godaddy.com
Mon Jan 20 16:23:16 UTC 2014


Criminal individuals, or criminal commercial organizations?

And is it your contention that criminals provide valid
identification/contact details to the P/P service?

Thanks‹

J.


On 1/20/14, 10:20 , "Bob Bruen" <bruen at coldrain.net> wrote:

>
>
>Hi Tim,
>
>The harm is protecting the identities of criminnals. And I consider
>undermining whois a harm, as well
>
>                     --bob
>
>
>On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Tim Ruiz wrote:
>
>> What are the problems commercial entities that use p/p have caused?
>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2014, at 8:11 AM, "Bob Bruen" <bruen at coldrain.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Volker,
>>>
>>> I was merely responding to Stephanie's comments about the
>>>difficulties, not advocating a position.
>>>
>>> However, as you are aware, I do advocate barring commercial entities
>>>from using p/p, because the use has already caused harm and we should
>>>fix that. The providers created the problem in the first place, so
>>>allowing them to continue to control it simply continues the problem.
>>>
>>> The discussion of all this is the point of this group (and other
>>>groups).
>>>
>>>                   --bob
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Volker Greimann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I agree that it would be possible to bar commercial entities from
>>>>using p/p services, however I am not sure it is the
>>>> sensible thing to do. Certainly, there is abuse, but by creating a
>>>>blanket prohibition, i fear more damage will be done to
>>>> legitimate interests than good is done to illegitimate ones.
>>>> In the end it should be up to the provider which categories of
>>>>clients it accepts.
>>>> Volker
>>>> Am 20.01.2014 02:08, schrieb Bob Bruen:
>>>>
>>>>      Hi Stephanie,
>>>>
>>>>      It is entirely possible to decide to bar commercial entities,
>>>>create a definition of "comercial entities" and
>>>>      then deal with those which appear to problematical.
>>>>
>>>>      The fraudsters probably will not be a set up as a legitimate
>>>>bussiness, but their sites can be identified as
>>>>      spam, malware, etc types and thus taking money, therefore a
>>>>business. I am sure there are other methods to deal
>>>>      with problem domain names.
>>>>
>>>>      In general, exceptions or problems should not derail a process.
>>>>
>>>>                            --bob
>>>>
>>>>      On Sun, 19 Jan 2014, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>            I dont want to keep beating a dead horse here....but if
>>>>there is a resounding
>>>>            response of "yes indeed, bar commercial entities from
>>>>using P/P services", then
>>>>            how are you going to propose that p/p proxy service
>>>>providers determine who is a
>>>>            commercial entity, particularly in jurisdictions which
>>>>have declined to regulate
>>>>            the provision of goods and services over the Internet?  I
>>>>don't like asking
>>>>            questions that walk us into corners we cannot get out of.
>>>>Do the fraudsters we
>>>>            are worried about actually apply for business numbers and
>>>>articles of
>>>>            incorporation in the jurisdictions in which they operate?
>>>>I operate in  a
>>>>            jurisdiction where this distinction is often extremely
>>>>difficult to make.  THe
>>>>            determination would depend on the precise use being made
>>>>of the domain
>>>>            name....which gets ICANN squarely into content analysis,
>>>>and which can hardly be
>>>>            done for new registrations, even if t were within ICANN's
>>>>remit.  I am honestly
>>>>            not trying to be difficult, but I just have not heard a
>>>>good answer to this
>>>>            problem.
>>>>            Stephanie Perrin
>>>>            On 2014-01-19, at 4:38 PM, Holly Raiche wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                  Jin and all
>>>>            I agree with Jim here (and Don earlier).  The important
>>>>task here is
>>>>            agreeing on the questions to be asked of the SO/ACs.  So
>>>>we need to get
>>>>            back to framing the questions - not answering them,
>>>>however tempting that
>>>>            may be.
>>>>
>>>>            So the question of whether 'commercial entities' should be
>>>>barred is still
>>>>            a useful question to ask.  The next question would be
>>>>whether there are
>>>>            possible distinctions that should be drawn between an
>>>>entity that can use
>>>>            the service and one that can't and, if so, where is the
>>>>line drawn. I agree
>>>>            with the discussion on how difficult that will be because
>>>>many entities
>>>>            that have corporate status also have reasonable grounds
>>>>for wanting the
>>>>            protection of such a service (human rights organisations
>>>>or women's refuges
>>>>            come to mind).   But that is the sort of response we are
>>>>seeking from
>>>>            others outside of this group - so let's not prejudge
>>>>answers.  Let's only
>>>>            frame the questions that will help us come to some
>>>>sensible answers.
>>>>             Otherwise, we'll never get to the next steps.
>>>>
>>>>            And my apologies for the next meeting.  I have a long day
>>>>ahead on
>>>>            Wednesday (Sydney time) and taking calls at 2.00am won't
>>>>help.  So Ill read
>>>>            the transcript and be back in a fortnight (2 weeks for
>>>>those who do not use
>>>>            the term)
>>>>
>>>>            Holly
>>>>
>>>>            On 16/01/2014, at 5:39 AM, Jim Bikoff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                  Don and all,
>>>>
>>>>            As we suggested earlier, and discussed in the last Group
>>>>            teleconference, it might be helpful, as a next step, if we
>>>>reached a
>>>>            consensus on the groups of questions before sending them
>>>>out to
>>>>            SO/ACs and SG/Cs.
>>>>
>>>>            This would involve two steps: First, agreeing on the name
>>>>of each
>>>>            group; and second, streamlining the questions in each
>>>>group.
>>>>
>>>>            In the first step, we could consider alternative headings
>>>>(perhaps
>>>>            REGISTRATION instead of MAINTENANCE).
>>>>
>>>>            And in the second step, we could remove duplicative or
>>>>vague
>>>>            questions.
>>>>
>>>>            This crystallization would make the questions more
>>>>approachable, and
>>>>            encourage better responses.
>>>>
>>>>            I hope these ideas are helpful.
>>>>
>>>>            Best,
>>>>
>>>>            Jim
>>>>
>>>>            James L. Bikoff
>>>>            Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP
>>>>            1101 30th Street, NW
>>>>            Suite 120
>>>>            Washington, DC 20007
>>>>            Tel: 202-944-3303
>>>>            Fax: 202-944-3306
>>>>            jbikoff at sgbdc.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>            From: Don Blumenthal <dblumenthal at pir.org>
>>>>            Date: January 14, 2014 11:09:23 AM EST
>>>>            To: PPSAI <gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg at icann.org>
>>>>            Subject: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Carlton's closing chat
>>>>question
>>>>                  Carlton posted an issue that shouldn¹t wait a week:
>>>>
>>>>            ³John came up with 4 groups. Do we have a notion that
>>>>others
>>>>            might be extracted?  And where do we include/modify
>>>>questions
>>>>            to address Stephanie's issue?"
>>>>
>>>>            Jim had four groups and an umbrella Main category, which
>>>>may be
>>>>            instructive in itself in guiding how we proceed
>>>>            organizationally. Regardless, the consensus of commenters
>>>>has
>>>>            been that his document is a significant improvement over
>>>>where
>>>>            we were before, and I suggest that we use it as a baseline.
>>>>            However, we still have work to do on it. Feel free to
>>>>suggest
>>>>            modifications.
>>>>
>>>>            Don
>>>>
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