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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Civil Society Workshop on Freedom of Expression and Domain Name Policy:<BR>
"KEEP THE CORE NEUTRAL"<BR>
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Wednesday 27 June 2007 (13:00 - 15:30)<BR>
at the ICANN Board Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico<BR>
in the San Geronimo Ballroom<BR>
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Civil society’s "Keep the Core Neutral" workshop will explore freedom of expression issues in the policy development process to introduce new generic top-level domains (gtlds).<BR>
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As the ICANN community debates policy options to allow new top-level domains, it must consider important issues that impact what ideas may be expressed in a domain name. The NCUC/ALAC workshop aims to provide a public discussion point in the ICANN policy development process for new top-level domains.<BR>
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The workshop will address new gtld policy issues such as:<BR>
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* should ICANN remain 'content neutral' in national policy debates when evaluating applications for domains?<BR>
* how can ICANN protect freedom of expression rights in domain name policy?<BR>
* what is the proper role for governments in approving or rejecting top-level domains?<BR>
* what is the appropriate balance between trademarks and free expression rights in domain names?<BR>
* who should decide which ideas are too controversial to be allowed in a top-level domain?<BR>
* how to balance competing rights to use the same words in domain names?<BR>
* should trademark owners be given prior registration privileges before other rights holders?<BR>
* should a controversial domain name be rejected or delayed?<BR>
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Workshop Speakers:<BR>
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* Joichi Ito, ICANN board member and Creative Commons board member<BR>
* Christine Haight Farley, Law professor at American University<BR>
* Michael Palage, Attorney and ex-board member of ICANN<BR>
* Milton Mueller, Chairman of ICANN’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency, professor at Syracuse University and founding partner of Internet Governance Project<BR>
* Wendy Seltzer, Visiting professor at Northeastern University Law School and Fellow at Harvard Law’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society<BR>
* Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor at University of Aarhus<BR>
* Tan Tin Wee, Professor at National University of Singapore<BR>
* Ram Mohan, Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Technology Officer at Afilias Limited<BR>
* Moderator: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director<BR>
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"Keep the Core Neutral" workshop is organized by ICANN’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and the At-Large-Advisory Committee (ALAC)<BR>
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The workshop will be webcast live from ICANN's website and a video of the workshop will be posted to<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</A><BR>
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Webpage for the workshop:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ipjustice.org/wp/2007/06/12/06272007workhsop/">http://www.ipjustice.org/wp/2007/06/12/06272007workhsop/</A><BR>
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More Info:<BR>
ICANN San Juan Board Meeting:<BR>
<A HREF="http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/">http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/</A><BR>
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Non-Commercial User’s Constituency (NCUC):<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ncdnhc.org/">http://www.ncdnhc.org/</A><BR>
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At-Large-Advisory Committee (ALAC):<BR>
<A HREF="https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee">https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee</A><BR>
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IP Justice New gtld info page:<BR>
<A HREF="http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/icann/gtlds/">http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/icann/gtlds/</A><BR>
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