NCUC Membership numbers increase by 125% since 2008
We have seen tremendous growth in membership over the past year, which reflects a growing interest in Internet governance within civil society... Read More
Individuals provisionally approved for membership in NCUC
At the Paris meeting (Jun 2008), the NCUC decided to open up nonvoting membership to individuals. If you have registered domain names... Read More
ICANN’s IRT comments – Alex Gakuru
My name is Alex Gakuru. I am the Chairman, ICT Consumers Association of Kenya, an irrepressible individual Internet users’ rights lobbyist, hereby... Read More
NCUC’s Substantive Comments on the IRT Recommendation
Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON SUBSTANTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IRT FINAL REPORT. A CALL FOR RIGHTS OF REGISTRANTS TO BE... Read More
NCUC’s Procedural Comments on the IRT Recommendation
Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE IRT FINAL REPORT. A SUGGESTED ROADMAP FOR MOVING FORWARD ((Filed with... Read More
IP Justice Comments on IRT Report: “IP Justice Opposes the IRT Report Proposals”
IP Justice is a nonprofit public benefit organization based in San Francisco that promotes balanced intellectual property rights in Internet law and... Read More
Civil society still has to fight to be fairly represented in ICANN
In Sydney, the Board’s Structural Improvements Committee caved in to business pressure and made two decisions that are almost unbelievable in the... Read More
Is ICANN Accountable to the Global Public Interest?
ICANN Ignores Non-Commercial Users in Internet Policy Development Process Everyone is a Noncommercial User of the Internet The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)... Read More
A Tough Fight Continues – NYC and IRT
On Monday, ICANN held its second public consultation of the new gTLD plan (the first being Sydney). More than half the day... Read More
Internet Users Are Being Threatened: The IRT Meeting in London
I.ve just returned from ICANN’s new gTLD meeting in London, where the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) presented its skewed vision of protection... Read More