Staunch Support of Domain Registrants' Rights / Opposition to Lopsided Inflation of Power for IGOs/NGOs

[Jay Chapman <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for allowing comment.

I encourage the group to defend *fundamental* property rights against
those who are never satisfied and habitually seeking expansion of
dominion - camouflaged as "protections"- that go far beyond what is
reasonable or necessary.

I agree with Mr. Kirikos concise and correct comments:

"[W]e strongly oppose the creation of any special rules for IGOs and
NGOs. They should be able to assert their rights in the exact same way
that they can today under *existing laws* if someone opened a
restaurant in Toronto or New York with a sign of "WIPO" or "UNESCO."
ICANN should not be in the business of creating *new* law for these
organizations, or for other organizations for that matter, that would
deprive domain name registrants of their own rights under existing
law. ICANN has bigger fish to fry, and should not be devoting precious
and limited resources to this micro-issue which only affects a
miniscule portion of the internet community, and where dangerous
precedents could be created that would undermine the safeguards that
exist for all domain name registrants."



Likewise, I encourage the group to protect against any attempt to
erode and/or eradicate *fundamental* due process rights of domain name
registrants, including their ability to seek justice and recourse in
their own respective national courts.  You know, when intellectual
honesty prevails, that this is right and just.

Sincerely,
Jay Chapman