WECANN!

After strong opposition against the proposed VeriSign settlement and .com contract of October 2005, ICANN now posted a newly revised proposed set of agreements, which is still unacceptable.

The proposed settlement remains subject to final approval or disapproval of the ICANN Board.

ICANN’s At-Large Advisory Committee, looking after internet user’s interests and consumer protection, made the following public comment:

Dear Dr. Cerf and Members of the Board of Directors:

The At Large Advisory Committee (”ALAC”) has carefully reviewed and considered the revised agreements between ICANN and Verisign and does not believe that the revisions address the serious concerns of registrants previously described by the ALAC in both its written submissions and its meeting with the Board in Vancouver. In order to fulfill ICANN’s role of promoting and sustaining a competitive environment, the ALAC recommends that the Board take the following actions:

1. Reject the proposed settlement agreement;
2. Proceed to trial with Verisign; and
3. Begin a renewal/rebid process for .COM in accord with the renewal provisions of the existing agreement.

The ALAC understands that ICANN Staff believes that one of the litigation risks to ICANN is that the legal foundation on which ICANN was built will be eroded. We believe that this is a risk worth taking. An ICANN that cannot ensure competition and protect registrants from monopolistic pricing is not an ICANN worth retaining.

Respectfully submitted,

At Large Advisory Committee

Background: Over three months ago, on 24 October 2005, ICANN announced the first proposed settlement to its litigation with VeriSign and opened a forum for public comments on the proposed settlement documents .

A full description of the history of the settlement negotiations, the settlement documents, and the issues raised in public fora can be found at http://www.icann.org/topics/verisign-settlement.htm This summary includes clean and red-lined versions of the amended agreements. ICANN has also published a matrix summary of Revisions to the Settlement and Registry Agreements.

Also you can check out:

ALAC statement 2005: http://www.wecann.de/2005/kritik-an-verisign/

First reaction by the ICANN board:
http://www.wecann.de/2005/erste-reaktionen-des-icann-boards-zu-com-kritik/

Der Beitrag wurde von Annette Mühlberg am Dienstag 21. Februar 2006 um 20:50 veröffentlicht und wurde unter ALAC, Betreibermodelle / Who ownes what, Demokratie + IT-Infrastruktur, ICANN, Statements abgelegt und unter einer Creative Commons-Lizenz lizenziert. Du kannst die Kommentare zu diesen Eintrag durch den RSS 2.0 Feed verfolgen. Du kannst einen Kommentar schreiben, oder einen TrackBack auf deiner Seite einrichten.