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==Comments on ICANN==

==Comments on ICANN==

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse openly criticized the current ICANN structure and claimed that the international internet governing body abandoned some of its decision-making power and were taken over by some of the stake holders within the ICANN commity that are profiting from domain names. The organization actively participates in the activities of ICANN particularly in providing its comments on policy issues to represent the interests of businesses and consumers.<ref>[http://www.cadna.org/en/issues CADNA Issues]</ref>

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse has openly criticized the current ICANN structure and claimed that much of the international Internet governing body's policy-making processes have been taken over by some of the stake holders within the ICANN commity that are profiting from domain names. The organization actively participates in the activities of ICANN, particularly in providing its comments on policy issues to represent the interests of businesses and consumers.<ref>[http://www.cadna.org/en/issues CADNA Issues]</ref>

CADNA provided comments on numerous issues discussed by the ICANN community particularly the latest issue on the implementation of the new gTLD expansion program, which was scheduled to take effect on January 2012. During the development process of the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook, CADNA  has been active in submitting its public comments and recommendations.The organization recommended the following revisions to the Draft Application Guidebook Version 4:<ref>

CADNA provided comments on numerous issues discussed by the ICANN community, particularly the latest issue of the implementation of the new gTLD expansion program, which is scheduled to launch on January 2012. During the development process of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook, CADNA  has been active in submitting its public comments and recommendations.The organization recommended the following revisions to the Draft Application Guidebook Version 4:<ref>

[http://forum.icann.org/lists/4gtld-guide/pdfxYPf2O79Wh.pdf Comments on the Draft Applicant Guidebook Version]</ref>

[http://forum.icann.org/lists/4gtld-guide/pdfxYPf2O79Wh.pdf Comments on the Draft Applicant Guidebook Version]</ref>

* '''Intellectual Property Should Be the Priority in Background Checks'''- CADNA expressed that it is interested to know the  about the selection criteria and detailed information of the agency that will be chosen to conduct background checks. Checking the history of intellectual property violations should be the top priority of background checks.

* '''Intellectual Property Should Be the Priority in Background Checks'''- CADNA expressed that it is interested to know the  about the selection criteria and detailed information of the agency that will be chosen to conduct background checks. Checking the history of intellectual property violations should be the top priority of background checks.