RE: [gnso-whois-dt] Updated Working Definitions of key WHOIS terminology reflecting 21 January discussion

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the RrC input Tim.  Does anyone have any issue with these
proposed changes?  Is there any need to discuss them on a
teleconference?  Let's try to do it on the list first.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-whois-dt@xxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-gnso-whois-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:01 PM
> To: Liz Gasster
> Cc: gnso-whois-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gnso-whois-dt] Updated Working Definitions of 
> key WHOIS terminology reflecting 21 January discussion
> 
> 
> Liz,
> 
> I received three suggestions from RrC members for edits to the
> definitions:
> 
> (1) It may be worth separating "illegal" from "undesirable".
> 
> Under "illegal" - it would be useful to adopt the language 
> used in some of the new gTLD material - so that it is illegal 
> in the context of "generally accepted legal norms that are 
> recognized under international principles of law."
> 
> Under "undesirable" - this could be a narrower set of areas 
> where laws probably haven't kept up with technology - 
> examples would be SPAM email, viruses, malware etc, where 
> significant inconvenience can be imposed on Internet users.
> 
> (2) It may be worth considering combining "misuse" and "undesirable."
> 
> (3) Under commercial purposes - the definition would seem to 
> exclude pages with advertising/PPC links. Since some domain 
> names are legitimately used as essential advertising 
> billboards/portals etc., it may be worth including this type 
> of commercial use explicitly.
> 
> 
> Tim 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [gnso-whois-dt] Updated Working Definitions of key 
> WHOIS terminology reflecting 21 January discussion
> From: Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, January 23, 2009 7:26 pm
> To: "gnso-whois-dt@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-whois-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> All,
> 
> Attached and on the WHOIS wiki page
> (https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_references 
> ) is the most recent version of our working definitions, 
> based on discussion on Wednesday's call. Please let me know 
> if I missed anything or if you have further changes to suggest.  
> 
> Thanks, Liz
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