Re[2]: [ga] Press Release Warns Internet Users about ICANN

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Rick,

Getting them is so easy for anyone with any basic knowledge of dns.  I
really am surprised that you have not been able to do it yourself and
instead post a message insinuating that ORSC is hiding them from you.

I may disagree with ORSC's current positions, but this type of
mischaracterization is really out of line, especially on a public
list.

Thursday, July 06, 2000, 7:43:08 AM, you wrote:


> John,

> I would like daily access to the zone files for the TLDs you are laing
> claim to.

> please let me know how to get them. this is the 3rd time I have asked OSRC
> folks how to get thier zones. at least NSI provides a method that anyone
> can get them.

> so, are you open or does the "O" in ORSC stand for obfuscatory.

> -rick


> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Palmer wrote:

>> ON THE EVE OF YOKOHAMA - A RADIO AD CAMPAIGN WARNING INTERNET 
>> USERS ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT ICANN WILL DO IF IT STAYS ON ITS 
>> PRESENT COURSE
>> 
>> CHICAGO, July 5, 2000 /BusinessWire/
>> 
>> AGN Domain Name Service, Inc (ADNS - http://www.adns.net) today announce 
>> that it will be launching a radio ad campaign to educate users about 
>> ICANN and the changes that may be coming to the internet as a result of 
>> ICANN's policies.
>> 
>> ICANN stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the 
>> organization that is attempting to make policy on the future of the internet. 
>> ICANN is holding a conference in Yokohama, Japan on July 13 - 17 and may vote 
>> on new domain policy at that time.
>> 
>> John Palmer,  president and CEO of ADNS warns all internet users to watch the 
>> developments carefully. "Changes are coming to the internet and they aren't 
>> all good", Palmer said. "Special interests have hijacked the process and are 
>> influencing policy in a way that will be bad for internet users and especially 
>> domain holders". Palmer cites the heavy influence of the World Intellectual 
>> Property Organization (WIPO) as an example. "WIPO wants registrars to be burdened 
>> with the task of trademark policemen - a task that belongs in the courts, not 
>> on the backs of registrars, many of the small businesses with limited resources".
>> 
>> Another seemingly contradictory stand that ICANN is taking is their refusal to 
>> recognize the intellectual property rights of Top-Level Domain (TLD) owners. 
>> "ICANN seems to be interested in the protection of intellectual property, but 
>> refuses to recognize the ownership of  TLDs by those who claimed them via the 
>> legitimate service mark process, such as ADNS did with EARTH, USA and Z.", 
>> Palmer said. He says that the biggest threat to domain name holders however, 
>> is that the ICANN process would attempt to have domain holders sign away their 
>> rights to use the courts to resolve disputes regarding domain ownership.
>>  
>> Palmer is not opposed to the concept of ICANN. "The concept of an organization 
>> permanently assigned to govern the few aspects of the internet that require 
>> oversight is a good one, however this particular process has gone horribly wrong 
>> and permanent damage to the Internet will occur if it is not stopped and fixed".
>> 
>> The radio ad campaign which will air continuously on several nationally syndicated 
>> shows will begin later this week and will run for about 10 days. It will inform 
>> users about ICANN and will point them to a website that contains more detailed 
>> information. One of the solutions suggested is for ISPs and internet users to 
>> point their machines away from the root servers operated by ICANN and to 
>> alternative providers who are not under ICANN's control. Instructions for doing 
>> this are available at various websites, including that of ADNS.
>> 
>> Palmer also announced today that ADNS's  root nameserver, ASLAN, a member 
>> of the Open Root Server Consortium, received 763,311 hits in June - an 
>> increase of over 40% over May. 
>> 
>> "Registrations of domains ending in EARTH, USA and Z are also up to several 
>> thousand domain names. We have really seen a growth in  registrations in the 
>> past month due to our educational campaign", said Palmer. "What's more important 
>> is that people are switching to other root server networks in large numbers, 
>> showing that they do take notice and are concerned about ICANN".
>> 
>> ADNS owns the three top-level domains "EARTH", "USA" and "Z" and provides internet 
>> sites with the ability to register a domain under these top-level domains. ADNS 
>> has been providing internet related services since 1993.
>> 
>> Each month, ADNS will offer free registration, web hosting service and domain 
>> service for those registering a domain in a specific part of the EARTH, USA or 
>> Z hierarchy, provided that they promise to develop public content under that domain name. 
>> This month, anyone who registers a domain which ends in MISSISSIPPI.USA on July 10th 
>> between 4am and 5 am Eastern Time will receive free registration, DNS and web hosting 
>> services for one year.
>> 
>> ADNS is part of the Open Root Server Consortium (ORSC - http://www.open-rsc.org ), 
>> a group of individuals and organizations who are all interested in an open, fair 
>> and technically sound global Domain Name System for the internet. ADNS is providing 
>> ASLAN free of charge for the use of the internet community. 
>> 
>> ADNS  also operates the  internet portal site called http://The.EARTH. 
>> This site is accessible to any computer that is pointing to the new DNS servers. 
>> 
>> SOURCE: AGN Domain Name Service, Inc. 
>> 
>> CONTACT: John Palmer, jp@adns.net /  312-849-2753
>> 

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