Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency: Difference between revisions
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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 hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the ICANN's new gTLD expansion program. Williams represented NPOC and testified that new gTLD program ''"compromises 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> | |||
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