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Hi All,<br>
I have now reviewed a number of the comments, as I hope you have. As
discussed in an earlier email, I think there are other topics we
should be looking at in the sub-teams based on the outpouring of
responses from companies, organizations, and especially thousands of
individuals. My thought is not to create additional sub-teams, but
to assign additional topics to sub-teams (so the sub-teams remain
diverse and well-staffed).<br>
<br>
Here are three additional topics that arise from a review of the
comments - and I would be interested in hearing what others have
found as well.<br>
A) Due process: thousands of commenters call for due process, and
the call is not necessarily or exclusively for court orders. Due
process is considered to be a fundamental balance and fairness and
ability of all parties involved to participate equally in a process
impacting them. What do the commenters say about due process and how
might these recommendations be incorporated into all or various
aspects of the draft recommendations and report? <br>
<br>
B) Use of proxy/privacy registration and abuse of registrants who do
not have them. We have received <i>thousands </i>of pieces of data
on abuses of domain name data - some of which we knew and and some
that we did not. What are the types of problems that registrants --
legitimate, good faith registrants -- have shared with us in these
comments and how can their experiences be better reflected in our
work? <br>
<br>
C) Speech/expression/anonymity/chilling effects. These are mentioned
in a number of the longer, substantive comments coming in from
groups both inside ICANN and outside. What are the issues being
raised and how can we better address them in our draft
recommendations and report? <i>See e.g, comment of </i><i>Center
for Democracy and Technology, New America's Open Technology
Institute, and Public Knowledge.</i><br>
<br>
To Steve's three topics and sub-teams below, I would add the
following important expansion to insure that we look into the full
range of topics an issue offers -- even if those who commented did
not use the right words or vocabulary - <i>additions in italics
below. </i> <br>
<br>
(1) Section 1.3.2 of the Initial Report (on escalation of relay
requests and the handling of disclosure/publication requests from
third parties other than IP rights holders);<br>
<br>
(2) Section 1.3.3 (on the open question regarding online financial
transactions) <i>to include a review of those comments that
addressed the </i><i></i><i>commerical/noncommercial distinction
more generally and evaluate if these commenters provide insight
and guidance on the "sub-commercial use" issue of financial
transactions as well</i> <i>(with note that those outside of
ICANN may use non-ICANN terms and vocabulary to approach the same
concern)</i>; and <br>
<br>
(3) Annex E (the Illustrative Disclosure Framework) -- <i>hopefully
with the subteam also evaluate the new subtopic A, Due Process,
and the issues commenters have raised in their thousands of "due
process" comments as they might impact the review and revisions of
these detailed framework recommendations<b>.<br>
</b><br>
</i>Best,<br>
Kathy<b><br>
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