Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE IRT FINAL REPORT. A SUGGESTED ROADMAP FOR MOVING FORWARD ((Filed with ICANN on July 6, 2009-http://forum.icann.org/lists/irt-final-report/) These are the comments of ICANN.S Non-Commercial User Constituency (NCUC), a group which dates back to ICANN.s founding and has actively and fully participated in all policy-making proceedings […]
IP Justice is a nonprofit public benefit organization based in San Francisco that promotes balanced intellectual property rights in Internet law and policy. Founded in 2002, IP Justice has an international board of directors and members in countries from all corners of the globe. IP Justice participates at ICANN via the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC). […]
In Sydney, the Board’s Structural Improvements Committee caved in to business pressure and made two decisions that are almost unbelievable in the degree to which they discriminate against civil society and completely ignore public comments. For the full explanation, see this. We need to make it clear that we won’t accept the staff’s proposed NCSG […]
ICANN Ignores Non-Commercial Users in Internet Policy Development Process Everyone is a Noncommercial User of the Internet The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home to noncommercial users in ICANN’s GNSO policy development process. NCUC represents 112 members from more than 40 countries, and includes large organizations, small nonprofits and individuals committed to developing Internet […]
On Monday, ICANN held its second public consultation of the new gTLD plan (the first being Sydney). More than half the day was devoted to the IRT Report- the Intellectual Property Constituency’s plan to expand trademark rights in the new gTLDs. I was there as our NCUC representative. Below is the text of my speech. […]
I.ve just returned from ICANN’s new gTLD meeting in London, where the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) presented its skewed vision of protection mechanisms for new gTLDs. London was the second stop of a consultation process, which started in New York and will finish in Abu Dhabi in the beginning of August (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm). The idea behind […]
Dear ICANN: IP Justice appreciates this opportunity to provide public comment. Founded in 2002, IP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that works on intellectual property and Internet law and policy issues. IP Justice is a noncommercial 501(c)(3) public benefit organization based in San Francisco with an international board of directors and members in […]
The following message was posted today on the ICANN public comments board. Dear ICANN: My name is Laura DeNardis, Executive Director of the Yale Information Society Project, an intellectual center at Yale Law School which examines the implications of the Internet for law and society. I wish to express my concern that the Noncommercial Stakeholder […]
Here’s APC’s comment on the NCSG Transitional Charter: To the Board The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the […]
The IGP filed comments today in ICANN’s second proceeding on GNSO Stakeholder Group Charters. In its comments IGP identified both substantive issues in the revised NCSG charter proposal drafted by ICANN policy staff, as well as procedural flaw in ICANN’s proceeding. In light of these concerns, IGP asked that ICANN immediately drop its attempt to […]