Re: [gnso-pednr-dt] a great/fun example of simple-language click-through contracts

[Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@xxxxxxxxx>]

 here are some links to the Plane Language Contracts now an Industry Code
for telecoms in Australia...
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD..PC/pc=PC_311151   and follow the link
at base of page to
Telecommunications Consumer Protections Industry Code
(C628:2007)<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acma.gov.au%2Fwebwr%2Ftelcomm%2Findustry_codes%2Fcodes%2Fc628_2007.pdf>
(PDF,
672 kb)


Cheryl Langdon-Orr
(CLO)



On 19 May 2010 05:57, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Mike,
>
> Yes it is a good example and this is something that can be replicated to
> make it easy for Registrants to understand the complex Registration
> agreements with Registrars. The Registrants need to know their rights to
> transfer domain names, need to know what happens to the domain when the
> renewal deadline is missed and need to know that it will cost a lot more to
> recover the domain name once the grace period is also missed.
>
> The simplified version of the contractual obligations could be drafted by
> ICANN or by at-Large as a summary of common conditions and this version can
> be a uniform version for use by all Registrars with the full contract
> somewhere on the same page.
>
>
> Sivasubramanian M
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> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> OK, i was abusing my fingers today -- doing the Christmas shopping at
>> ThinkGeek.  i view it a great accomplishment to have raised a whole family
>> of geeks -- an added bonus is that it makes Christmas shopping really easy.
>>
>> but enough about that.  as i signed up for my Geek Points rewards program,
>> i was confronted with this page and thought it was a great example of the
>> kind of simple-language click-through contract that has come up several
>> times on our call.  so i thought i would share it as a best-practice
>> example;
>>
>> http://www.thinkgeek.com/geekpoints/enroll.shtml
>>
>> oh...  and my favorite item for this year's present?  click here (i really
>> enjoyed the endorsement letter at the bottom of the page);
>>
>> http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
>>
>> mikey
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