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Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse

Via CADNA.org.

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is a registered 501(c)(6) non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating dialogue, affecting change, and spurring action on the part of policymakers to close a loophole that enables massive domain name abuse and to decrease occurrences of cybersquatting in all of its forms through the revision of current anti-cybersquatting legislation.

With pro-abuse groups already organized in Washington and the recent election of new leadership in both houses of Congress, the time to act is now.

By educating the public, lobbying the relevant agencies of jurisdiction in the United States government, and promoting new legislation in Congress, CADNA aims to effectively exert pressure on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to close the 5-day add/drop grace period loophole, and take decisive action on related abuses by registrars and domain name registrants.

The prohibition of the tactics used by cybersquatters is an important first step in CADNA’s fight against domain name abuse, but it is not the only step. CADNA will also act to amend existing laws to more effectively deter cybersquatting in all its forms.

In keeping with its commitment to combat domain name abuse and abusers, CADNA will propose draft legislation to Congress to increase the statutory damages set forth in the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) and close other loopholes presently being exploited under current law.

posted by Fergie @ 5/10/2007 02:06:00 PM