[registrars] FW: [ipc-members] RE: Hearing on Domain Name legislation in US

[Elana Broitman]

FYI - the IPC is likewise highlighting this hearing, so I wanted to share with you the link they are sending around.

Regards,

Elana Broitman
Register.com
575 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Phone (212) 798-9215
Fax   (212) 629-9309
ebroitman at register.com 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-ipc-members at ipc.dnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of Steve Metalitz
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:45 PM
To: Steve Metalitz; IPC List
Subject: [ipc-members] RE: Hearing on Domain Name legislation in US 


As further information on last week's hearing, here is a link to the opening
statement of the chairman of the subcommittee, and attached is a copy of the
opening statement of the senior member of the minority party.  

<http://lamarsmith.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=351>
Steve Metalitz

 <<Internet Domain name Fraud.doc>> 

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Steve Metalitz  
> Sent:	Friday, February 06, 2004 5:27 PM
> To:	IPC List
> Subject:	Hearing on Domain Name legislation in US 
> 
> IPC colleagues,
> 
> As some of you are aware, a hearing was held before a subcommittee of the
> Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives on Wednesday on
> legislation to impose enhanced civil and criminal penalties on those who
> provide materially false contact data in connection with domain name
> registration, if the registration is made in furtherance of copyright or
> trademark infringement or of a serious crime.    Two officers of the IPC
> -- J. Scott Evans and Mark Bohannon -- presented testimony, although not
> in their official IPC capacities, and another IPC member -- International
> Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, represented by Tim Trainer -- also
> testified. You may wish to visit :
> http://www.house.gov/judiciary/courts.htm, where the written testimony of
> all the witnesses, as well as the text of the bill under consideration,
> can be reviewed.   In addition, I paste below an excerpt from a Reuters
> news story which quotes the views of the senior members of the
> subcommittee.   
> 
> Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or comments on the
> hearing or related legislative devleopments.   
> 
> Steve Metalitz
> Executive Vice President
> 
> Reps. Lamar Smith and Howard Berman, who introduced the bill on Tuesday,
> said it would improve the accuracy of Web-site registration records that
> investigators use to track down those suspected of breaking the law.
> 
> "The government must play a greater role in punishing those who conceal
> their identities online, particularly when they do so in furtherance of
> a serious federal criminal offense or in violation of a federally
> protected intellectual-property right," said Smith, a Texas Republican.
> 
> ...
> 
> Berman said the new bill should be expanded to require domain-name
> sellers, or registrars, to ensure that their records are accurate.
> 
> "I think we haven't gone far enough. The only complete solution would
> hold the registrars accountable," he said.
> 
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