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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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The
Associated Press is reporting
that former U.S. cyber security chief
Rod
Beckstrom is likely to
become the next CEO of ICANN,
replacing Dr. Paul Twomey who
recently announced he was leaving the
post he has held since 2003. AP quotes
unidentified sources as saying the ICANN
board may vote to give Beckstrom the
job as early as tomorrow when the
current ICANN meeting concludes in Sydney,
Australia.
Beckstrom
has been seen at several public sessions
in Sydney and has also met privately
with ICANN borard members according the
the wire service story. Beckstrom was
appointed to run the Department of
Homeland Security's newly created National
Cyber Security Center in
March of last year but resigned 12
months later saying that a lack of
cooperation from the National
Security Agency and
insufficient funding led to his
resignation. Beckstrom runs a personal
website at Beckstrom.com.
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Rod
Beckstrom
Will he be ICANN's new CEO?
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In
other ICANN related news, a chilling article
from ComputerWorld.com
confirms what many in the domain community have
feared - that ICANN hopes to replace the current
UDRP system with a Uniform Rapid
Suspension (URS) system that could debut
with the new gTLDs ICANN plans to start
rolling out next year. The Internet
Commerce Association and others have
warned that if that happens domain owners would
lose the scant protection they currently have
from over-reaching trademark interests and
reverse hijackers.
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ICA Legal
Counsel Phil Corwin has said that
if the dangerous URS is approved it
could migrate to existing extensions
like .com and .net and
now, according to the ComputerWorld
article, that is exactly what ICANN
has in mind. CW quotes ICANN VP Paul
Levins as saying “ICANN |
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may be able
to apply the new rules as existing
registrar contracts expire. We may
be able to retrofit the features
that are in the new GTLD agreements to
address abuse.”
Most
people in the domain community have sat
on their hands while their rights
are steadily being whittled away. If you
needed to be whacked across the head
with a 2 X 4 to get the message,
here is your wake up call. Band together
or kiss your assets goodbye. |
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(Posted
June
25, 2009) |
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