Re: [registrars] Anti-spam law proposed Nevada

["Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@REACTO.com>]

Bob,

As always you demonstrate great wisdom .......

I _urge_ the Registrar community to engage and participate in the WSIS 
Preparatory Committee debates - via national government representatives 
- to get them on the right page.

I was at a meeting in Geneva on Monday and a developing country 
government representative said "Registrars and Registries in teh 
developed world should have a charge imposed upon them to facilitate 
infrastructure roll out in the developing world".
I think we all agree this is so stupid it is beyond belief - but there 
were other Governments agreeing it was an idea "worthy of consideration".

Two weeks ago at the FTC there were calls to place a duty on Registrars 
to authenticate the identity of an applicant before processing a domain 
request.  Another wacko idea.....

I urge the Registrar (ExCom) community to start thinking strategically 
and acting politically....

This game is no longer just about Name Servers and Databases!

Best

Paul


Robert F. Connelly wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:  They may be jousting with windmills, but the signs of 
> the time point to laws restricting Internet activities with attendant 
> new burdens for registrars and registries.
> 
> Paul Harvey often says "Self government without self control won't 
> work", or words to that effect.
> 
> Regards, BobC
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "There's small choice between rotten applies!"
> U.B. Bray