Comments on: Skipping Through The Senate Bill 2661 Mine Field. http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/ The opinionated blogging arm of ICANNwiki Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: The ICANNblog » S. 2661, A Fox in Sheep’s Clothing? http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6424 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:35:19 +0000 http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6424 [...] In earlier posts (“Skipping Through the Senate Bill 2661 Mine Field” and “The Opportunity Surrounding Senate Bill 2661”) I discussed, or questioned the need for the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (APCPA), introduced by Senator Snowe, other wise known as S. 2661. The bill’s title leads one to see that the bill’s title indicates the bill is geared around anti-phishing. I am all for this. In fact I received a phishing e-mail today. However, I objected, or more accurately, could not find the need to include a rather large section that addressed domain names. To me the bill feels like a fox in sheep’s clothing as the bill’s name suggests a bill against anti-phishing. Instead the bill not only discusses anti-phishing but seems to be based around the use, or misuse of domain names. What I objected to most was what I consider to be the vaguely-worded definition of what constitutes abuse. To be specific: [...] […] In earlier posts (“Skipping Through the Senate Bill 2661 Mine Field” and “The Opportunity Surrounding Senate Bill 2661”) I discussed, or questioned the need for the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (APCPA), introduced by Senator Snowe, other wise known as S. 2661. The bill’s title leads one to see that the bill’s title indicates the bill is geared around anti-phishing. I am all for this. In fact I received a phishing e-mail today. However, I objected, or more accurately, could not find the need to include a rather large section that addressed domain names. To me the bill feels like a fox in sheep’s clothing as the bill’s name suggests a bill against anti-phishing. Instead the bill not only discusses anti-phishing but seems to be based around the use, or misuse of domain names. What I objected to most was what I consider to be the vaguely-worded definition of what constitutes abuse. To be specific: […]

]]> by: Frank http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6036 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:06:31 +0000 http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6036 Your analogy to land is misleading, and dubious at best. Intellectual property and physical property share a common thread of ownership, and nothing more. This bill copies ICANN's existing policy on domain name disputes. The process you described already exists. A business owner can to go to ICANN, no matter how upstanding or lowstanding they may be, and obtain the ownership of a misleading domain name. Your analogy to land is misleading, and dubious at best. Intellectual property and physical property share a common thread of ownership, and nothing more.

This bill copies ICANN’s existing policy on domain name disputes. The process you described already exists. A business owner can to go to ICANN, no matter how upstanding or lowstanding they may be, and obtain the ownership of a misleading domain name.

]]> by: The ICANNblog » The Opportunity Surrounding Senate Bill 2661 (S. 2661). http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6035 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:42:08 +0000 http://icannblog.org/2008/03/12/trippin-through-the-senate-bill-2661-mine-field/#comment-6035 [...] After submitting my last post regarding Senate bill 2661 (S. 2661), I couldn’t help but feel the message was not complete. There was another element that remained to be explored. [...] […] After submitting my last post regarding Senate bill 2661 (S. 2661), I couldn’t help but feel the message was not complete. There was another element that remained to be explored. […]

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