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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The following is a message from Stuart
Lawley from ICM Registry about the centralized whois provision in the proposed .xxx
agreement. I understand that the other sTLDs with the same provision are
.mobi and .asia. Thanks. Jon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Stuart Lawley
[mailto:sjlawley@icmregistry.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 08, 2007
7:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Nevett, Jonathon; 'Jay
Westerdal'; Tim Ruiz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Burr, Becky<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Registrar Concerns
Regarding ICM proposed contract</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>Dear Jon, Tim, etc.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>We have looked into
the provision in Appendix S, Part 6 (Public Whois Specification) of the draft
ICM Registry Agreement, which contains the following statement:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";font-style:italic'>Registrars
will be required to participate in the operation of a cross-registry WHOIS
database, which will provide searching capabilities and access to all
information concerning domain name registrations regardless of which TLD the
domain name is registered in or which registrar processed the domain name
application.</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> </span></font><font
size=3 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>This provision
appears in at least one other new sTLD registry agreement, and seems to have
been boilerplate provided by our back-end provider. As far as
we have been able to determine, the cross-registry WHOIS database was related
to two ICANN projects – one that would require registries to use a single
common IANA ID for registrars, to provide uniformity in search; and second the
desire to leverage new protocols such as IRIS that allow for cross-registry
interaction. We believe that this provision was specifically aimed at the
IRIS protocol (which is an IETF standards-track protocol now – see RFC
3981 and RFC 3982), which does allow for cross-registry data sharing. <a
href="http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html</span></font></a>
provides core information regarding CRISP and the IRIS protocol.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";font-weight:bold'>ICM
Registry is proposed as a thick registry, however, and absent any ICANN mandate
we have no need or desire for a cross-registry WHOIS database. We would
be happy to include a provision to that effect in our agreement with
registrars, or to provide any other appropriate assurances to the registrar
community in this regard. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>In light of the
endless delays ICANN has imposed on ICM in this process, and the fact that this
same language appears in other sTLD agreements, I respectfully request that the
registrar constituency not seek further delay but accept my personal commitment
to resolve this appropriately once the contract is approved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode"'>I would appreciate
it if one of you would post this to the official registrar list.</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stuart
Lawley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ICM
Registry LLC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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