Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight
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| Type: | Advocacy Initiative |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | November 2011 |
| Founder(s): | ANA |
| Headquarters: | New York |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | crido.org |
| Key People | |
| Dan Jaffe, ANA EVP for Government Relations | |
The Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) is an advocacy organization created by the Association of National Advertisers on November 2011 to stop the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in implementing its latest program to expand the number of top level domain names (TLDs) in the Domain Name System scheduled on January 12, 2012. CRIDO sent a petition to the Department of Commerce objecting the proposed TLD expansion program. The petition was signed by 49 associations and 54 companies including major brands such as Adidas, Dell Inc.,Toyota, Walmart etc. A complete list of petitioners can be found here
Backgound[edit | edit source]
ANA/Brand Owners Opposition to the new gTLD Program[edit | edit source]
On August 4, 2011, ANA President and CEO Robert Liodice wrote to Rod Beckstrom, President of ICANN regarding the implementation of the new generic top level domain names (gTLDs) program that was approved by the ICANN Board on June 20, 2011 . In his letter, Liodice pointed out that the 400 member companies of ANA strongly opposed ICANN's plan to add unlimited number of TLD. The organization believed that the program does not provide benefit to the internet community but it will only cause harm and damage to brand owners and to consumers. According to him, once the program is implemented it will increase the incidence of cybersquatting and other cyber crimes. He cited that ANA conducted a research and found that the proposed TLD expansion is not supported by majority of businesses, consumers, academics including private and government agencies. Liodice, encouraged ICANN to work collaboratively with ANA to develop better solutions for the benefit of the entire community such as the systematic and one by one implementation of TLD. He reiterated that ICANN's new gTLD program is rejected by ANA and the American business industry and the internet governing body should consider the concerns raised by ANA, brand owners and other organizations. According to him if the internet governing body will push the implementation of the new gTLD program, ANA will take all measures to prevent it.[1]