Rebirthed organization will advocate for a broad range of domain name owners.
Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC), which was first founded in the late 1990s to protect the interests of domain name owners, has been reborn. The group bills itself as a think tank supporting the work of the ICANN community and representatives of domain name registrants. It will advocate on behalf of domain name owners when it comes to policy, including rights protection mechanisms such as the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The organization represents a broader group of people than the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) which represents domain name investors. The genesis of DNRC was to protect small businesses and ISPs that were facing big trademark interests. It was instrumental in adding safeguards for domain name owners when the UDRP was originally formed.
The DNRC’s interests will often align with the ICA’s, which means there will be another advocate at the table when it comes to the battle over rights protection mechanisms. That advocate will be backed by a broader coalition of supporters, which is good for domain name investors.
Kathy Kleiman co-founded the original DNRC and is spearheading the new organization. You can learn more about how cybersquatting policy was formed in the 1990s and what’s in store for the future on today’s DNW podcast when I interview Kleiman. It will be published at 10:30 CST.
Nick says
fantastic, hope they help
Nat Cohen says
Great to have a strong voice on behalf of Internet users to preserve a free and open Internet! Congrats to Kathy and the rest of the team at DNRC.
uknowledge says
Thank You Kathy Kleiman and hope this helps protect our domain names and Thank you Andrew for bringing this information.
Observer says
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Graham says
GNSO-RPM WG Primary member’s and ICANN ‘funded volunteers” [in part] Kathy Kleiman, J Scott Evans & Phil Corwin having an established pattern of harboring CentralNic’s .COM #racketeering at the ADR Forum should read the TPP Document, which makes ICANN a Subject of National Court’s.
TPP – Trans-Pacific Partnership:
CHAPTER 18
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Article 18.28: Domain Names
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/trans-pacific-partnership/tpp-full-text
ICANN’s current IPC President, celebrated as he is for his #perjury in VaED, flanked by Former Judge Walter Kelley who “knowingly” helped support the .COM #racketeering, has given rise to Twenty Three (23) .COM Domain Name Registrantnts becoming a victim of CentralNic’s quasi-ccTLDs scam.
Beyond those 23, 100’s likely 1,000’s of other .COM Domain Name Registrants have been bewildered into submission; because of the ICANN Cartel’s corrupt and self serving antics, supporting CentralNic.
Just because America isn’t a Member Nation of the TPP doesn’t mean ICANN, the Californian not for profit Corporation is recused from a National Court’s inquiry!
The bright sparks at Jones Day & former ICANN Volunteer’s, wiggled ICANN into a Multi-National Trade Agreement, so now their going to answer Questions Presented in Canada.
Or, they could bring on SCOTUS 14-1480.