On Wednesday, April 20th ICA Counsel Philip Corwin was interviewed on Webmaster Radio’s CyberLaw and Business Report. A podcast of the wide-ranging discussion with host Bennet Kelley can be listened to or downloaded at http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/cyberlaw-and-business-report/.
Topics covered in the interview include:
• The origins and activities of the Internet Commerce Association
• The direct search business model that underlies the domain investment and development sector
• The status of ICANN’s new gTLD program
• ICANN’s approval of the .XXX registry
• ICANN’s current relationship to the U.S. government, its own Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), and to the UN-affiliated International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
• Prospects for U.S. renewal of the IANA contract with ICANN
• The outlook for domain seizure legislation in Congress, and the increasing use of domain seizures as a Federal law enforcement tool
• The prospects for UDRP reform