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==Senate Hearing Testimony Regarding New gTLD Expansion==

==Senate Hearing Testimony Regarding New gTLD Expansion==

On December 8, 2011, [[Angela Williams]], General Counsel of YMCA of the USA, testified during a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the ICANN's new gTLD program. Ms. Williams also represented NPOC and testified that new gTLD program compromises the use of the Internet by increasing the risk of fraud, cybersquatting, and trademark infringement and by significantly escalating the cost to protect against such unlawful activities. She requested the Senate committee and all parties involved to further evaluate the program with the non-profit organizations in mind.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=56a49ede-865f-4bbe-9635-58d0b59add7b Testimony of Angela F. Williams]</ref>

On December 8, 2011, [[Angela Williams]], General Counsel of YMCA of the USA, testified during a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the ICANN's new gTLD program. Ms. Williams also represented NPOC and testified that new gTLD program compromises the Internet by increasing the risk of fraud, [[cybersquatting]], and trademark infringement by significantly escalating the cost to protect against such unlawful activities. She requested the Senate committee and all parties involved to further evaluate the program with non-profit organizations in mind.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=56a49ede-865f-4bbe-9635-58d0b59add7b Testimony of Angela F. Williams]</ref>

Some people were surprised with the sudden participation of Williams in the Senate Hearing due to the fact the YMCA never had an active role nor participated within the ICANN community. [[Kieren Mc Carthy]] of [[.Nxt|.nxt]] believed that the organizations move is an Intellectual Property lobby. <ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/06/ip-lobby-ymca Why is the YMCA at Senate hearings? The IP lobby of course]</ref>

Some people were surprised with the sudden participation of Ms. Williams in the Senate Hearing due to the fact the YMCA never had an active role nor participated within the ICANN community.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/12/06/ip-lobby-ymca Why is the YMCA at Senate hearings? The IP lobby of course]</ref>

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