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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Dear Sirs,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">I am writing you as Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Unit of the Italian Medicines Agency, a regulatory governmental
body who strongly cooperates with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> firm LegitScript in counteracting the illegal distribution of counterfeit medicines through the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">We believe that the WG proposal is very problematic and could have extremely negative implications for agencies like AIFA,
and firms like LegitScript, that rely on open access to WHOIS records in order to determine who operates rogue e-pharmacies.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Overall, we feel like this is a dangerous proposed policy that gives one organization a monopoly over a very important
set of data (WHOIS records) and allows them to determine who has access, and at what level.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">For instance, if ARDS came to be, it is possible that they would tell AIFA that you can no longer access WHOIS records
at all, or can only view a limited portion of the records.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">It will create serious problems in our activities, aimed at tackling a serious threat to public health, the distribution
of counterfeit medicines through the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Internet was born free and open since it was an instrument to share knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Today, Internet is still a carrier of information but the sharing part is somewhat misused
(or so believed by some organizations and governments) and hence all the attempts, more or less effective, to control information sharing across the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">The Domain Name System (DNS) is a key infrastructure of the Internet.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">In the past, attempts were made to control the access to and the administration of this
essential service. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Today we have a system which is not perfect but is fit: a shared service, with public data.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">It's very important to the inner working of the Internet that these data are public because
any host connected to the Internet use them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Some of these data, those regarding the people behind an Internet host, have a special value.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">They are shared through the WHOIS protocol, the white pages of the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Reducing their accessibility could create an obstacle to our activities in protecting public
health.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">The most valued argument by companies advocating a controlled access to WHOIS data is privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">The "privacy option" is already offered as a premium service to domain name registrants.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Share the knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">If everybody has access to the same knowledge, everybody has the same power.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Nobody needs to control this power.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">We are lucky, that's exactly what we have today: everybody has access to WHOIS data.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">Privacy isn't an argument since the Internet has today a way to hide personal data for who
concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:navy">We cannot risk that privacy becomes a tool for the ones threatening public health.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Thank you for your attention<br>
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Domenico Di Giorgio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">_____________________________________</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Domenico Di Giorgio, Ph. D.</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Director of Counterfeit Prevention Unit</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">AIFA - Italian Medicines Agency</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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7.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy">Tel. +39.(0)6.5978.4356 - Fax +39.(0)6.5978.4496</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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