http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Philip S Corwin on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-03-01T14:14:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/831125_ica_position_paper_anti_phishing_legislation http://www.circleid.com/posts/831125_ica_position_paper_anti_phishing_legislation ICA) has posted a position paper and analysis of S. 2661, introduced on 2/25/08 in the US Senate. While we are firmly opposed to phishing and other criminal activities that may utilize domain names we are very concerned about the provisions of the proposal that appear to provide trademark owners with a means to avoid both UDRP and ACPA actions and alternatively bring private claims against domain names with a lower burden of proof and the potential for far higher monetary damages, without even requiring an allegation that the DN was in any way being utilized in a phishing scheme... More...]]> 2008-03-01T14:14:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_threatens_registerfly_termination http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_threatens_registerfly_termination here. ICANN's not exactly advertising this -- no conspicuous notice appears on its home page and, more curiously, no update has been posted by the Ombudsman despite two prior postings about RegisterFly in the past week. A member of the general public would be hard pressed to find out that any action has been threatened. More...]]> 2007-02-23T07:45:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/ica_questions_icann_registerfly http://www.circleid.com/posts/ica_questions_icann_registerfly More...]]> 2007-02-22T09:01:00-08:00