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ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2009 1:24 pm PST — by Michael Collins
  George, It is clear that these two see greed and harm in all kinds of speculation. Farmers that plant seed, hoping that they will have a profitable harvest, store owners that buy products hoping that customers will buy them, bankers…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 3:31 pm PST — by Michael Collins
  George has generously undertaken a volunteer study (without compensation) and writen a report supported by facts and data. It is worth noting that his critics here are unable to refute George's research or his conclusions.

ICA Anti-Phishing Victory Might Be a Curse!

• Comment posted Nov 24, 2008 10:38 pm PST — by Michael Collins
  Kevin, I agree that currently ICA cannot do too much more than focus on policy and legislation issues. However, many trade associations do much more than lobbying and I hope that ICA is able to grow its influence to advertisers.…

• Comment posted Nov 07, 2008 2:34 pm PST — by Michael Collins
  I also believe the ICA could be doing more to promote the intrinsic value of domain names to the general public. Mark, Thank you for your support. I did not mean to minimize the suggestion that ICA do more to…

• Comment posted Nov 06, 2008 8:38 pm PST — by Michael Collins
  Who decides what issues to focus on over time? Our members should take a bigger role and communicate the issues that are important to them to ICA leadership. ICA is in the process now of recruiting more leaders from within…

Kentucky vs. 141 Domain Names

• Comment posted Oct 21, 2008 2:15 pm PDT — by Michael Collins
  Thank you for a posting this article. We need to see more mainstream opposition to this ruling. If the ruling stands, much more than gambling sites are put at risk. Correction - Internet Commerce Association has a few members that…

The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2008 1:15 am PDT — by Michael Collins
  John Levine, Thank you for a good article. You are correct that this is a bad bill. However, as has been pointed out by JB, Domain Rights and others, it isn't that easy to fix it. It is essentially a…

Short Domain Names Threatened by Proposed Policy on IGO Dispute Resolution Procedure

• Comment posted Oct 05, 2007 8:05 pm PDT — by Michael Collins
  Another concern about the proposed Dispute Resolution Procedures is that it would likely be expanded for use by governments. The main argument presented for the need for new procedures is that IGOs should be sovereign and not be subject to…

Every Domainer Is Subsidizing Tasting... Abolish Registration Grace Period

• Comment posted Oct 03, 2007 2:43 pm PDT — by Michael Collins
  Alex, Sorry, "all of us" is a little ambiguous. Trademark owners are damaged when their names are used by cybersquatters. Domain owners are damaged by a loss of confidence in internet commerce. Consumers lose confidence when a known brand name…

• Comment posted Oct 01, 2007 1:36 pm PDT — by Michael Collins
  It is clear that it is a small minority of domain investors and developers who are using tasting to abuse trademark rights of others. However, this practice creates problems for all of us. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is interested in…