DNA Pulls Back Copyright ADRP Recommendations, Considers 'Refining' Them
The Domain Name Association said it will “take additional time to consider the details” of controversial recommendations from its Healthy Domains Initiative Committee that proposed a Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy, as expected (see 1702240058). The Copyright ADRP proposal, modeled…
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on ICANN's trademark-centric uniform dispute resolution policy, called for a voluntary third-party mechanism to address copyright infringement through the use of domain names (see 1702080085). DNA’s HDI recommendations also addressed practices for combating online abuse, child abuse imagery and “rogue” pharmaceutical companies, but the Copyright ADRP proposal received “a great deal of attention” and criticism, DNA said in a Friday blog post. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Internet Commerce Association and other domain name interests criticized DNA over the Copyright ADRP proposal (see 1702100054). “It should be pointed out that providers of online services, including domain name registration services, appropriately establish latitude in their acceptable use policies (AUPs) or terms of service to directly address illegal behavior -- including copyright infringement,” DNA said. “If DNA members are interested in the regulation of anything, it would be in ‘regulating’ clearly illegal behavior, not in deciding what the public can see on the Internet.” Critics mischaracterized the ADRP proposal but DNA’s “concern is that worries over these seven recommendations have overshadowed the value” of the other HDI Committee proposals, DNA said. “DNA will take keen interest in any registrar’s or registry’s design and implementation of a copyright ADR, and will monitor its implementation and efficacy before refining its recommendations further.”