A few months back, we wrote about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) seizure of over 80 domain names that hosted sites selling counterfeit goods or pirating illegal files of copyrighted material. According to Wired, ICE shut down an additional 18 domains Monday as part of the same campaign, “Operation in Our Sites.” In November, ICE’s efforts
Just last week, the Washington Post ran a front-page article discussing the potential upcoming rollout of new TLDs. While the article gave readers a good picture of what an unlimited number of new TLDs could mean for Internet users, it fell short in addressing the deeper issues of how ICANN has developed the policies surrounding the new
In a recent Executive Order, President Obama established two intellectual property enforcement advisory committees in order to boost the federal government’s commitment to IP enforcement. This action is part of the government’s larger effort to create jobs and strengthen the economy. The federal government hopes to foster innovation by developing and enforcing better IP laws. The first committee
This week, CADNA counted a win in its ongoing effort to reform ICANN and its new gTLD policy. For quite some time now, CADNA has been working within ICANN (through public comment submissions and other communications), and raising public awareness, in order to delay the implementation of the new gTLD program until various issues surrounding
Today, CADNA came out in support of House Resolution 57, which was introduced by Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. The Resolution makes the strong point that Internet governance is a key factor in national security, trade, and the protection of the intellectual property