What's up with this? Comment on the proposed .NET registry renewal & URS

[Allen Farlow <allenlfarlow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is greed the only thing left in the world today? Nobody or nothing else to 
screw around with? What is the problem? Leave TLD's alone.

- URS details are in flux. While untested, the URS clearly provides registrants 
with fewer rights than the UDRP. 
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 There is no foundation in any ICANN policy process for imposing new 
gTLD “rights protections” on incumbent gTLDs without careful study and 
deliberation -- after seeing how they work, or don’t, at new gTLDs. 
- This is a big deal: .NET is the third-largest TLD after .COM and .DE, with 
nearly 14 million registrations. 
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 It’s fundamentally unfair to impose URS on .NET registrants. 
Individuals who wish to acquire future domains under new gTLDs would be 
notified in advance that they will be subject to URS. However, .NET 
domains have already been acquired, often at considerable expense, with 
the understanding that registration and use would only be subject to 
possible UDRP review. 
- If trademark interest groups can get the URS
 imposed on .NET now, and .COM next year through its contract renewal, 
then they are likely to scuttle the ICANN-planned UDRP reform process 
(the only real prospect for balanced and comprehensive UDRP reform).