[registrars] FW: ICM cross-registry WHOIS database

[Thomas Keller]

We should ask ICANN staff for an explaination of what this Appendix means 
in detail and who would be effected under which cirumstances.

This is indeed very concerning.

Best,

tom

Am 06.03.2007 schrieb Nevett, Jonathon:
> I have concerns with the provision that Danny cites below.  I wanted to
> point it out to other registrars as it attempts to bind us all.  Thanks.
> Jon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:13 AM
> To: Nevett, Jonathon; ga at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: ICM cross-registry WHOIS database
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> Jon,
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> What's your view of the following clause in ICM's
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> Appendix S?
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> "Registrars will be required to participate in the
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> operation of a cross-registry WHOIS database, which
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> will provide searching capabilities and access to all
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> information concerning domain name registrations
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> regardless of which TLD the domain name is
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> registered in or which registrar processed the domain
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> name application."
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> Who is providing this cross-registry database?  Is
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> this an ICANN project or an ICM initiative? 
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> Presumably this is something different than VeriSign's
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> Centralized WHOIS.
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Gruss,

tom

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