IP Justice opposes this illegitimate attempt to circumvent proper policy development process in the creation and imposition of a new gTLD policy. In addition to the inappropriate process utilized, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy will chill freedom of expression as domain names will be quickly suspended without any fair opportunity for consumers to defend their lawful rights to use their domain names.
IP Justice Comment on .Cat and .Pro Dear ICANN, IP Justice appreciates this opportunity to provide public comment on the attempt by ICANN staff to impose the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy on the new generic top-level domains (GTLD) .cat and .pro. IP Justice is a San Francisco based civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property rights and Internet freedom policy. http://www.ipjustice.org IP Justice opposes this illegitimate attempt to circumvent proper policy development process in the creation and imposition of a new gTLD policy. In addition to the inappropriate process utilized, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy will chill freedom of expression as domain names will be quickly suspended without any fair opportunity for consumers to defend their lawful rights to use their domain names. Numerous Internet users will be unable to use their domains without any due process based on nothing but overzealous claims from trademark attorneys. Particularly at the critical time when the world is watching ICANN to see if it has begun to fix its accountability crisis, including the regular practice of ICANN staff circumvention of bottom-up community- developed policy and its continued disregard for the rights of ordinary Internet users, this illegitimate imposition of a dangerous policy on the world's Internet users is extremely disturbing. Thank you, Robin Gross IP Justice http://www.ipjustice.org Attachment:
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