Submitted by mtgpubadmin on Fri, 06 February 2009 - 19:23

GNSO Registration Abuses Policies Workshop

Date: 
Tue 03 Mar 2009 - 17:30 - 19:00
Room: 
Don Diego 3

What it is | The Issues Report on Registration Abuse Policies provided an overview and analysis of the registration abuse provisions that currently exist in registry and registration agreements. It found that even though many registry and registration agreements contain abuse provisions, there is no universal approach or definition of registration abuse. Furthermore, it raised a number of questions such as what is the difference between registration abuse and domain name use abuse, how effective are existing registration abuse policies and which areas, if any, would be suitable for GNSO policy development to address registration abuse. In response, the GNSO Council created a Registration Abuse Drafting team to develop a charter for a Working Group to consider the questions raised by the Issues Report in further detail. As part of its work on the charter, the Registration Abuse Drafting Team recommended the organization of a public workshop at the ICANN meeting in Mexico City to allow for community discussion and input on the issues outlined above to serve as a basis of knowledge and information from which the Working Group can start its deliberations.

Why it's important | Registration Abuse definition: As noted in the Issues Report, ‘there appears to be no universally accepted definition of what constitutes abuse’. Furthermore, the Issues Report notes that ‘section 4.2.3 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement between ICANN and accredited registrars provides for the establishment of new and revised Consensus Policies concerning the registration of domain names, including abuse in the registration of names, but policies involving the use of a domain name (unrelated to its registration) are outside the scope of policies that ICANN could enforce on registries and/or registrars’. Defining domain name registration abuse, as distinct from abuse arising solely from use of a domain name while it is registered, will require community discussion.
Best practices / current experiences
A number of contracted parties have implemented policies prohibiting abusive registrations and/or abusive uses, and a number of non-contracted parties have experience with the enforcement of policies and practices that prohibit abusive domain name registrations and/or abusive uses. Speakers will share their experiences, their views on potential GNSO policy making in this area, and current mechanisms for reporting and addressing abusive registration.
The way forward – what role for ICANN?
A first exchange of views on what role ICANN could / should play in relation to registration abuse and if/how this role can be achieved through GNSO policymaking.

Who should attend? | Anyone interested in the Registration Abuse Policies Issue.

 

Agenda details: 

17:30 – 17.35             Welcome & Introduction

Welcome: Margie Milam, Senior Policy Counselor, ICANN (Moderator)

Introduction: Marika Konings, Policy Director, ICANN

17:35 – 17:55             Registration Abuse definition

As noted in the Issues Report, ‘there appears to be no universally accepted definition of what constitutes abuse’. Furthermore, the Issues Report notes that ‘section 4.2.3 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement between ICANN and accredited registrars provides for the establishment of new and revised Consensus Policies concerning the registration of domain names, including abuse in the registration of names, but policies involving the use of a domain name (unrelated to its registration) are outside the scope of policies that ICANN could enforce on registries and/or registrars’. Defining domain name registration abuse, as distinct from abuse arising solely from use of a domain name while it is registered, will require community discussion.

On behalf of the Registration Abuse Drafting Team – Greg Aaron and Mike Rodenbaugh

Margie Milam, ICANN

Discussion / Questions – all attendees

17:55 – 18:30            Best practices / current experiences

A number of contracted parties have implemented policies prohibiting abusive registrations and/or abusive uses, and a number of non-contracted parties have experience with the enforcement of policies and practices that prohibit abusive domain name registrations and/or abusive uses. Speakers will share their experiences, their views on potential GNSO policy making in this area, and current mechanisms for reporting and addressing abusive registration.

Registrar representative – James Bladel

Registry representative – Jeff Neuman

IPC representative – Kristina Rosette

BC representative – Mike Rodenbaugh

ISP representative – TBC

NCUC representative - TBC

Discussion / Questions – All attendees

18:30 – 19:00            The way forward – what role for ICANN?

A first exchange of views on what role ICANN could / should play in relation to registration abuse and if/how this role can be achieved through GNSO policymaking.

Registrar representative – James Bladel

Registry representative – David Maher

IPC representative – Kristina Rosette

BC representative – Mike Rodenbaugh

NCUC representative – TBC

ISP representative – TBC

ALAC representative – Beau Brendler

SSAC representative - TBC

Discussion / Questions – All attendees

Transcripts: 
files/meetings/mexico2009/transcript-gnso-registration-abuse-policies-workshop-03mar09-en.txt