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Internet Governance

CIRA Announces New Board Members

CIRA has announced its newly elected board members. They include Lynne Mackan-Roy, Ross Rader, Tom Williams, Kerry Brown, and Barry Shell. Congratulations to all.

October 3, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — News

CIRA Board Election Underway – Vote Now

The annual CIRA election is underway with five seats at stake. Under the current rules, three of the positions go to candidates nominated by Nominating Committee; two positions are for member nominated candidates. This past year I wrote several times about the adoption of a CIRA WHOIS policy and the […]

September 23, 2008 — 8 comments — News

CIRA’s Whois Debacle

I've written in the past about the hugely disappointing CIRA decision to backtrack on its WHOIS policy and create backdoor access for special interests. CIRA has now posted the minutes (1, 2, 3) associated with the decision-making process and the deep divide within the board becomes immediately evident. The minutes […]

July 28, 2008 — 9 comments — News

CIRA’s Backdoor Access in New WHOIS Policy

My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) revisits the disappointment with CIRA's implementation of its new whois policy. While dot-ca registrants across the country were being advised of the new policy last April, special interests representing law enforcement and trademark holders were quietly pressuring […]

July 1, 2008 — 4 comments — Columns

CIRA Creates Backdoor to Domain Name Information

Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 30, 2008 as CIRA's 'whois' Policy a Stunning Setback for Privacy Two months ago, I wrote a glowing review of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's new "whois" policy that was supposed to better protect the privacy of hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The […]

June 30, 2008 — 2 comments — Columns Archive