The rollback of plans to develop a voluntary third-party mechanism to address infringement disputes with the domain name sector raises questions about those plans' future, stakeholders said in interviews. Public Interest Registry, the domain registry for the .org top-level domain, said Thursday it will pause implementation of its planned Systemic Copyright Infringement Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCDRP) to "reflect” on concerns raised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others (see 1702100054, 1702170058 and 1702230065). PIR was implementing SCDRP in concert with the Domain Name Association's proposal for its Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (ADRP), which was modeled on ICANN's trademark-centric uniform dispute resolution policy. DNA made the proposal in Healthy Domains Initiative recommendations (see 1702080085).
The rollback of plans to develop a voluntary third-party mechanism to address infringement disputes with the domain name sector raises questions about those plans' future, stakeholders said in interviews. Public Interest Registry, the domain registry for the .org top-level domain, said Thursday it will pause implementation of its planned Systemic Copyright Infringement Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCDRP) to "reflect” on concerns raised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others (see 1702100054, 1702170058 and 1702230065). PIR was implementing SCDRP in concert with the Domain Name Association's proposal for its Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (ADRP), which was modeled on ICANN's trademark-centric uniform dispute resolution policy. DNA made the proposal in Healthy Domains Initiative recommendations (see 1702080085).
Public Interest Registry said it will indefinitely pause “further development” of its planned Systemic Copyright Infringement Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCDRP) amid stakeholder scrutiny. PIR, the domain registry for the .org top-level domain, was developing SCDRP in concert with the Domain Name Association’s development of its Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy, a voluntary third-party mechanism akin to ICANN’s trademark-centric uniform dispute resolution policy that would address copyright infringement through the use of domain names (see 1702080085). The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Internet Commerce Association were among stakeholders criticizing DNA’s proposal and seeking further information on PIR’s plans (see 1702100054 and 1702170058). PIR said Thursday it paused development of SCDRP to “reflect on those concerns and consider forward steps.”
Public Interest Registry said it will indefinitely pause “further development” of its planned Systemic Copyright Infringement Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCDRP) amid stakeholder scrutiny. PIR, the domain registry for the .org top-level domain, was developing SCDRP in concert with the Domain Name Association’s development of its Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy, a voluntary third-party mechanism akin to ICANN’s trademark-centric uniform dispute resolution policy that would address copyright infringement through the use of domain names (see 1702080085). The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Internet Commerce Association were among stakeholders criticizing DNA’s proposal and seeking further information on PIR’s plans (see 1702100054 and 1702170058). PIR said Thursday it paused development of SCDRP to “reflect on those concerns and consider forward steps.”
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded Thursday a set of 2014 and 2015 U.S. District Court rulings in New York in Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM, as expected (see 1612200066). The New York district court had said Sirius owed performance royalties to Flo & Eddie, who own the copyright to The Turtles' “Happy Together” and the rest of that band's music, and other artists for the performance of The Turtles' pre-1972 sound recordings and other pre-1972 recordings (see 1411170043 and 1501160053).
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded Thursday a set of 2014 and 2015 U.S. District Court rulings in New York in Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM, as expected (see 1612200066). The New York district court had said Sirius owed performance royalties to Flo & Eddie, who own the copyright to The Turtles' “Happy Together” and the rest of that band's music, and other artists for the performance of The Turtles' pre-1972 sound recordings and other pre-1972 recordings (see 1411170043 and 1501160053).
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded Thursday a set of 2014 and 2015 U.S. District Court rulings in New York in Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM, as expected (see 1612200066). The New York district court had said Sirius owed performance royalties to Flo & Eddie, who own the copyright to The Turtles' “Happy Together” and the rest of that band's music, and other artists for the performance of The Turtles' pre-1972 sound recordings and other pre-1972 recordings (see 1411170043 and 1501160053).
The consensus among trade policy analysts speaking during a Feb. 3 panel discussion on Capitol Hill was that the Trump administration will be an unpredictable force in shaping international commerce. During a session hosted by Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Peterson Institute for International Economics Senior Fellow Gary Hufbauer posited that the status quo of U.S. trade policy will continue. European Centre for International Political Economy Director Hosuk Lee-Makiyama said the EU is monitoring the cited unpredictable trade diplomacy of the White House akin, “in a sense,” to how it follows the behavior of North Korea.
Americans want and expect a single set of privacy rules, not one for ISPs and a second for everyone else, said Mobile Future interim Chairwoman Diane Smith in a Tuesday blog post. Smith cited results of a poll from last year by the Progressive Policy Institute, which found 94 percent of internet users say all companies collecting or using information online should fall under the same rules. “Nearly a dozen entities have already asked the FCC to reconsider the rules,” Smith wrote. “It is equally appropriate, and likely more expeditious, for Congress to eliminate the conflicting rules. At a minimum, the new FCC leadership should hit the pause button and delay implementation of the rules while regulatory appeals and Congressional action advance.”
Americans want and expect a single set of privacy rules, not one for ISPs and a second for everyone else, said Mobile Future interim Chairwoman Diane Smith in a Tuesday blog post. Smith cited results of a poll from last year by the Progressive Policy Institute, which found 94 percent of internet users say all companies collecting or using information online should fall under the same rules. “Nearly a dozen entities have already asked the FCC to reconsider the rules,” Smith wrote. “It is equally appropriate, and likely more expeditious, for Congress to eliminate the conflicting rules. At a minimum, the new FCC leadership should hit the pause button and delay implementation of the rules while regulatory appeals and Congressional action advance.”