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The War Over the Future of WHOIS

Plagiarism Today

In the four years since, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been seeking proposals to improve or overhaul the status quo. ICANN controls the system by requiring registrars, the companies that sell domain names, to maintain the system on their servers. Background and Basics on WHOIS. The New Proposal.

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RIAA Criticizes ICANN for ‘Hindering’ Its Anti-Piracy Efforts

TorrentFreak

Domain registrar oversight body ICANN is aware of this and is considering whether to make ‘proxy’ registration data available for enforcement purposes. RIAA Calls Out ICANN. According to the group, ICANN’s policy that requires privacy and proxy services to disclose registrant data has been fully approved.

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Japan’s Systematic Assault on Manga & Anime Piracy Broadens & Intensifies

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Site Blocking and CDN Providers Large international rightsholders are broadly in favor of site-blocking measures, but the topic is controversial in Japan. JPNIC has reported discussions with ICANN relating to anti-piracy issues, noting that the Japanese government’s “continuous efforts at ICANN are paying off.”

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Do You Have a Lawyer Who Understands the Internet?

Traverse Legal Blog

Welcome to Traverse, where we discuss the hottest topics in Internet law. ICANN, which is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the registration of domain names, controlled by registries and sold through registrars to registrants, are complex facets of the internet. The Internet is a Highly Complex Place.

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Account Suspension Lawsuit Against Twitter Survives Motion to Dismiss–Berenson v. Twitter

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Still, I prefer it when judges rely on Section 230(c)(1) to take the “good faith” topic off the table entirely. ICANN Not a State Actor. It’s nice to see the judge distinguish erroneous and bad-faith applications of content moderation policies, especially on a motion to dismiss.

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COVID Skeptic Loses Lawsuit Over Account Terminations–Hart v. Facebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

ICANN Not a State Actor. Ask.com Not Liable for Search Results or Indexing Decisions–Murawski v. Search Engines Defeat “Must-Carry” Lawsuit–Langdon v. KinderStart Lawsuit Dismissed (With Leave to Amend). The post COVID Skeptic Loses Lawsuit Over Account Terminations–Hart v.