[gnso-rpm-wg] WIPO retaliation -- danger for RPM PDP participants?

[George Kirikos]

P.S. Attached are the 2 PDFs.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
http://www.leap.com/


On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:54 AM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I draw folks' attention to the page at:
>
> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/challenged/
>
> which had been a topic of discussion on this mailing list before. I
> was shocked to see that it has recently been edited to remove one
> additional case, namely the court case involving my own company (Leap
> of Faith Financial Services Inc.), defending the Pupa.com domain name.
> Attached are 2 PDFs, one generated today (June 7, 2018) and one
> generated a month ago (May 4, 2018). The Pupa.com case is the 2nd case
> in the May 4, 2018 PDF, but has been erased from the version from
> today.
>
> No other changes were made.
>
> I perceive this as direct retaliation by WIPO for my lack of support
> of Brian Beckham's candidacy for co-chair in this PDP. There can be no
> other reasonable explanation, given the timing of this removal.
>
> This retaliation by WIPO also says to members of this PDP that if they
> disagree with a position taken by WIPO, that there could be
> consequences, just as has happened here to my company. That is very
> dangerous.
>
> This petty action by WIPO reinforces my previously-stated opposition
> to Brian Beckham's candidacy as co-chair of this PDP, where I raised
> the issue of non-neutrality. It calls into question the entire
> legitimacy of future policy choices by this working group, if members
> of this PDP perceive that they could face retaliation too. The
> chilling effect of this action by WIPO is obvious.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
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