<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thanks for the heavy lifting here Kathy.  I belatedly read the document and I can tell you now your arguments are compelling.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Carlton</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br>==============================<br>Carlton A Samuels<br>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><i><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment &amp; Turnaround</font></i><br>=============================</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Kathy Kleiman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com" target="_blank">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>&gt;</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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    <p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">First, thank you, Steve, Graeme and All. I know
      a lot of people have spent a lot of
      time in the IP and Registrar Communities working on this draft. Tx
      you – and appreciate
      your invitation to comments and concerns! <u></u><u></u></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">I have reviewed the Draft carefully and have
      some initial
      comments to share.<span>  </span>Although
      I spoke with
      people in the WG while preparing them, these comments are my
      own.(If there is problem with the formatting below, please let me
      know.)<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p><span><span>1.<span>       </span></span></span>General
      Comments<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.0in"><span><span>a.<span>      
          </span></span></span>`Let’s make the wording more neutral.
      Let’s add “alleged”
      or “claimed” in all references of infringement (e.g., trademarks,
      copyrights of
      domain names/websites. Another good term would be “claimed
      infringement” -- which
      is the one used in similar sections of the Digital Millennium
      Copyright Act to
      the sections we are working on here.<span> 
      </span><u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p>
    <p><span><span>2.<span>      
          </span></span></span>More substantive comments<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.0in"><span><span>a.<span>      
          </span></span></span>Are we missing levels of protections for
      the
      Customer/Registrant?<span>  </span>In
      the Digital Millennium
      Copyright Act (DMCA), there were two levels of protections for the
      “users.”<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in"><span><span><span>                                                              
          </span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span>The first was sanctions for
      misrepresentation. Basically,
      any company which knowingly materially misrepresents that material
      or activity
      is infringing is liable for damages, including costs and attorney
      fees caused from
      injury resulting from the misrepresentation. Don’t we need similar
      sanctions
      here?<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in"><span><span><span>                                                            
          </span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span>A much higher bar for revealing the
      identity of
      the alleged infringer. The DMCA allows rapid takedown based on
      statements very
      similar to the one we proposing, but Reveal is a whole different
      story.<span>  </span>The standard is
      much higher and goes through Court. Thus US Copyright Code, Sec
      512(h), requires a subpoena to reveal data: <u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>a.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      
          </span></span></span><span>[Section
        512] “(h) SUBPOENA TO
        IDENTIFY INFRINGER-<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>`(1)
        REQUEST- A copyright owner or a
        person authorized to act on the owner&#39;s behalf may request the
        clerk of any
        United States district court to issue a subpoena to a service
        provider for
        identification of an alleged infringer in accordance with this
        subsection… <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Shouldn’t we have a higher standard
        too?<span>  </span>It seems important
        to balance the rights of
        both sides, including whether the Allegation of Illegality
        sufficiently
        outweighs the Privacy Interests and Rights of the Battered
        Women’s Shelter, Online
        Magazine or Bloggers posting unpopular views of corruption.<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                                                         
          </span>iii.<span>     
          </span></span></span><span>A deep
        concern about default. As I
        read the rules, if you don’t respond, you lose and your data is
        revealed.<span>  </span>But this is a
        problem because we can think of
        many reasons why Customers/Registrants would not respond. For
        example: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>a.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      
          </span></span></span><span>Request
        came at the beginning of
        August, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>b.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span><span>Request
        disappeared into spam; <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>c.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      
          </span></span></span><span>Registrant/Customer
        is unable to
        respond (perhaps language barriers); and/or<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>d.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span><span>Registrant/Customer
        is scared to
        respond. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span><span>I would
        submit that in something as
        important as revealing identity and physical locations, there
        should be no
        automatic default. It is completely possible that a) the
        allegations are
        incorrect on their face (no jurisdictional overlap, for
        example), or b) that
        there are clear defenses on “its face,” e.g., on the website. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Thus, an
        anti-bullying group may
        post the copyrighted logo of a gang engaging in bullying (or
        worse) in a local school
        or neighborhood; is so, the gang’s allegation of copyright
        infringement could
        be clearly weighed against the “safe neighborhoods for all”
        activity taking
        place on the website. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Similarly,
        an online publication in
        Europe may have every right to use the logo and trademark of a
        large
        multinational it is criticizing, or the image of Mohammed,
        without having its
        identity and address revealed without due process. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Ditto for a
        battered women’s shelter
        posting a copyright logo, motto or design and urging women to
        watch for it and
        those bearing it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Due process is not automatic
        default, but a full and fair
        review of the website and other reachable information, even if
        the
        Customer/Registrant is unable to respond for herself or himself.
        <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-left:2.0in"><span><span>3.<span>      
          </span></span></span>Option: we might consider Third Party or
      Independent
      Review. This is something that Steve and Graeme’s draft have
      already suggested
      for rejections of IP Owner Requests. It could serve Customers too
      by
      creating a review of default situations – or perhaps an
      independent forum for Service
      Providers who choose to outsource this difficult evaluation. <span> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:2.0in"><u></u> <u></u></p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in"><span><span><span>                                                          
          </span>iv.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">     
          </span></span></span>Privacy of communication between
      Customers and their Providers . The rules of Section III(A) seem
      to bar private
      communication with your Provider. Everything a Customer/Registrant
      might write
      to their Provider must be passed on verbatim (if I read this
      correctly).<span>  </span>But that’s a
      problem for those with English
      as a second language (or third) or those without lawyers, and
      those simply trying to explain in clear and informal
      language to explain this situation. 0<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u>What
      will happen, I am concerned, is that whatever informal response a
      Customer provides to its Provider will operate (unintended) as an
      Admission
      Against Interest or an unintended Waiver.<span>  </span><u></u><u></u><u></u> <u></u>
    </p>
    <p style="margin-left:1.5in">Further,
      the Customer/Registrant might inadvertently reveal a bit about
      their identity
      or even location – trying to explain their position clearly to the
      Provider –
      and this should not be passed on to the Requester automatically
      either. 
      <u></u><u></u><u></u> <u></u>I am not sure of th answer here as IP
      Owners should know something about the response, but not
      necessarily the full communication of the Customer (e.g., he is
      stalking me). <br>
    </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading!<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Kathy </p>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>On 3/2/2015 9:54 AM, Metalitz, Steven
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">PPSAI
            WG members,
            <u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Attached
            please find an updated version of the document Graeme and I
            circulated prior to last week’s meeting.  This updated
            version includes three or four wording tweaks, intended to
            reflect the discussion on last week’s call.  Looking forward
            to further discussion on tomorrow’s call.
            <u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Steve
            Metalitz
            <u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">From:
              </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">&lt;Metalitz&gt;,
              Steven &lt;<a href="mailto:met@msk.com" target="_blank">met@msk.com</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Date: </b>Monday, February 23, 2015 at 11:57<br>
              <b>To: </b>&quot;&#39;PPSAI (<a href="mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org</a>)&#39;&quot;
              &lt;<a href="mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Category F --
              updated status report and text for discussion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        </div>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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          <div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">PPSAI
                  WG members,
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">This
                  follows up on our note of Feb. 3 providing a status
                  report on subgroup  discussions among some IP
                  interests and p/p service providers regarding p/p
                  disclosure standards.  To reiterate, the group’s work
                  is not meant to obviate or displace the work of the
                  larger PPSAI WG on this issue – rather, it is meant to
                  constructively contribute to the discussion by
                  producing one proposal on this issue for the larger
                  group’s consideration. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">In
                  light of further consideration and of the need to move
                  forward the WG discussion on Category F, we present
                  the attached document that we hope will help provide a
                  framework for discussion of the disclosure issue in
                  the WG.  We emphasize that this is not a proposal from
                  IPC, the Registrar Stakeholder Group, or any subset of
                  either, and that we fully anticipate the text to be
                  modified and improved through further discussion at
                  the WG level. (We also acknowledge that the WG may
                  find the proposal wholly unsatisfactory but hope that
                  it will at least help advance debate.) 
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">The
                  attached is put forward as a starting point, to use
                  intellectual property infringement complaints as one
                  illustrative example of minimum disclosure standards,
                  in a framework that addresses  (1) a service provider
                  process for intake of requests; (2) general templates
                  that requests would have to meet in order to trigger
                  service provider action; and (3) principles governing
                  service provider action in response to a conforming
                  request.  </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">We
                  look forward to the discussion of this document among
                  WG members. 
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Graeme
                  Bunton</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Steve
                  Metalitz</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">
                      Metalitz, Steven
                      <br>
                      <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 03, 2015 3:57 PM<br>
                      <b>To:</b> PPSAI (<a href="mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org</a>)<br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Category F -- status report</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Dear
                  WG colleagues,     
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">As
                  you know, several PPSAI Working Group members,
                  including representatives of the IPC and privacy and
                  proxy service providers, have endeavored to develop a
                  collaborative proposal on the minimum standards for
                  disclosure (Category F). The group’s work is not meant
                  to obviate or displace the work of the larger group on
                  this issue – rather, it is meant to constructively
                  contribute to the discussion by producing one proposal
                  on this issue for the larger group’s consideration.
                  This is an update on this sub-group’s progress.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">But
                  first, a little background: At the face-to-face
                  meeting of the PPSAI Working Group in Los Angeles on
                  October 10, 2014, one important topic was minimum
                  standards for disclosure of contact information of
                  customers of privacy/proxy services who may or may not
                  be using their private domain name registrations to
                  carry out infringing or other abusive activities. 
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Prior
                  to the face-to-face meeting, IPC participants in the
                  Working Group circulated a proposal on this topic.  A
                  responsive redline was circulated to the WG by Volker
                  Greimann.   </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Following
                  extensive discussion of these proposals and of the
                  topic in general at the face-to-face meeting, a
                  sub-group of WG participants have continued this
                  discussion.  The sub-group includes participants from
                  the IPC and privacy/proxy service providers. Meeting
                  by teleconference and working over e-mail, the
                  sub-group has sought to develop a text that could be
                  jointly presented to the PPSAI Working Group as a
                  framework for further discussion on the issue of
                  standards for disclosure.  </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Some
                  progress has been made, and the sub-group is
                  continuing its efforts with the goal of producing a
                  document for presentation to the PPSAI Working Group
                  as soon after the Singapore ICANN meeting as
                  feasible.  If such a document is completed, it is
                  hoped that it would be a constructive contribution to
                  eventual WG approval of a set of recommendations on
                  “Category F” for inclusion in the Draft Report of the
                  WG. 
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Unlike
                  the documents discussed by the full WG last October,
                  the framework under discussion does not purport to
                  establish a single general policy for when disclosure
                  of contact information in cases of alleged abusive
                  activities would be available.  Instead, it seeks to
                  focus more narrowly on intellectual property
                  infringement complaints as one illustrative example of
                  minimum disclosure standards.  The framework would
                  describe (1) a service provider process for intake of
                  requests; (2) general templates that requests would
                  have to meet in order to trigger service provider
                  action; and (3) principles governing service provider
                  action in response to a conforming request.  While
                  considerable progress has been made in the first two
                  areas, a number of critical issues remain to be
                  resolved in the third area, and discussion has not
                  been concluded on any of the areas. 
                </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">The
                  expressed common goal of the discussion group
                  participants is a framework that would give requestors
                  a higher degree of certainty and predictability as to
                  if, when and how they could obtain what level of
                  disclosure; that would preserve for service providers
                  a sufficient degree of flexibility and discretion in
                  acting upon requests for disclosure; and that would
                  include reasonable safeguards and procedures to
                  protect the legitimate interests of customers of
                  accredited proxy/privacy service providers.  Of
                  course, balancing these interests is the difficult
                  task before our working group. As stated, participants
                  in the discussion group hope to be able to make a
                  constructive contribution to the WG’s efforts to do
                  so.  </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Graeme
                  Bunton</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Steve
                  Metalitz</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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