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class=586055109-08072010>Any comment? Can we support?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Courier New" size=2>Best regards</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Wolf-Ulrich Knoben </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Mike
Rodenbaugh<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010 03:52<BR><B>An:</B>
'GNSO Council'<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [council] Motion re Study on WHOIS
Misuse<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I submit the attached motion (copied also below) for
consideration by the Council at our meeting next week.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Would appreciate a second, and am happy to answer any
questions.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Mike<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Mike Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>RODENBAUGH LAW<o:p></o:p></P>
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href="http://rodenbaugh.com/">http://rodenbaugh.com</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO Council motion
to pursue study of Whois Misuse.<BR><BR>Whereas:<BR><BR>In October 2007, the
GNSO Council concluded that a comprehensive and objective understanding of key
factual issues regarding the gTLD Whois system would benefit future GNSO
policy development efforts (</SPAN><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">).<BR><BR>Before
defining the details of these studies, the Council solicited suggestions from
the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS. Suggestions were
submitted (</SPAN><A
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/</SPAN></A><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">) </SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">and ICANN staff
prepared a 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS',
dated 25-Feb-2008 (</SPAN><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/Whois-privacy/Whois-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/Whois-privacy/Whois-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf</SPAN></A><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">)</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">.<U><BR></U><BR>On
28-Mar-2008 the GNSO Council resolved to form a WHOIS Study Working Group to
develop a proposed list, if any, of recommended studies for which ICANN staff
would be asked to provide cost estimates to the Council (</SPAN><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-27mar08.shtml"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-27mar08.shtml</SPAN></A><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">)</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">.<U><BR><BR></U>The
WHOIS Study WG did not reach consensus regarding further studies, and on
25-Jun-2008 the GNSO Council resolved to form another group of volunteers
(WHOIS Hypotheses WG) to review the 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further
Studies of WHOIS' and the GAC letter on WHOIS studies. (</SPAN><A
href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf</SPAN></A><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">)</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">.<U><BR><BR></U>This
WG was tasked to prepare a list of hypotheses to be tested, and reported to
the Council on 26-Aug-2008. (<A
href="https://st.icann.org/Whois-hypoth-wg/index.cgi?whois_hypotheses_wg#Whois_study_hypotheses_wg_final_report">https://st.icann.org/Whois-hypoth-wg/index.cgi?whois_hypotheses_wg#Whois_study_hypotheses_wg_final_report</A><U>
)</U>.<U><BR><BR></U>On 5-Nov-2008, the Council convened a volunteer group of
Councilors and interested constituency members to draft a resolution regarding
studies, if any, for which cost estimates should be obtained. The Whois
Study Drafting Team further consolidated studies and data requested by the GAC
(</SPAN><A
href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ).
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">For each of the
consolidated studies, constituencies were invited to assign priority rank and
assess feasibility. 5 constituencies provided the requested rankings,
while 2 constituencies (NCUC and Registrars) indicated that no further studies
were justified. The GAC was also invited to assign priorities, but no
reply was received. The Drafting Team determined that the six studies
with the highest average priority scores should be the subject of further
research to determine feasibility and obtain cost estimates. <BR><BR>On
04-Mar-2009, Council requested Staff to conduct research on feasibility and
cost estimates for selected Whois studies and report its findings to
Council. (See Motion 3 at </SPAN><A
href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">On 23-Mar-2010,
Staff presented its latest report on feasibility and cost estimates for Whois
Studies. ( <A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf</A>)
This report included a </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Staff Analysis and
Recommendations for the first study, regarding WHOIS Misuse. The
WHOIS Misuse study addressed</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> 3 originally
requested studies (1, 14, and 21) and GAC data set 2. The
hypothesis of the WHOIS Misuse study is: "Public access to WHOIS data is
responsible for a material number of cases of misuse that have caused harm to
natural persons whose registrations do not have a commercial
purpose.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR>At ICANN's
meeting in Brussels, representatives of the GAC reiterated their interest in
ICANN's response to the GAC letter of Apr-2008, which included these requests
for further studies of WHOIS </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">(</SPAN><A
href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">),
stating</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 28pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">First
and foremost, the GAC believes that studies of WHOIS gTLD data should be
undertaken by neutral third parties and should create a factual record that
documents the uses and abuses of WHOIS data recognized by the GAC WHOIS
Principles. The goal should be to initially compile data that provides a
documented evidence base regarding:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 28pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 56pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">•
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">the
amount and source of traffic accessing WHOIS servers and the types and numbers
of different groups of users and what those users are using WHOIS data for;
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 56pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 56pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">•
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">the
types and extent of misuses of WHOIS data and what harm is caused by each type
of misuse, including economic, use of WHOIS data in SPAM generation, abuse of
personal data, loss of reputation or identity theft, security costs and loss
of data."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 56pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The Affirmation of
Commitments requires that ICANN conduct reviews of WHOIS policy and
implementation "to assess the extent to which WHOIS policy is effective and
its implementation meets the legitimate needs of law enforcement and promotes
consumer trust." The first such review must be organized by
30-Sep-2010. (</SPAN><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/documents/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://www.icann.org/en/documents/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The proposed budget
for FY 2011 includes at least $450,000 for WHOIS
studies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Resolved:<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Council requests
ICANN staff to proceed with the WHOIS Misuse Study, as described in Staff's
23-Mar-2010 Report, using the vendor selection process described in Annex of
that same report. (</SPAN><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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