U.S. Legislation

CADNA works to educate U.S. federal and state legislature on the impact of cybersquatting and cybercrime on businesses and consumers. Through this education and through advocacy, CADNA works with policy makers to increase deterrents against cybersquatting and to exert pressure on ICANN in a way that will encourage better regulation of the domain name space.

Existing Legislation: The Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act (ACPA)
CADNA’s Proposed Legislation
CADNA Comments Regarding the IANA Contract

Congressional Hearing Testimony Submitted by CADNA:

1. Hearing on Cyber Attacks: Protecting Industry Against Growing Threats: September 14, 2009
2. Hearing on Issues Concerning the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: June 4, 2009
3. Hearing on the Expansion of Top Level Domains and its Effects on Competition: September 23, 2009
4. Hearing on ICANN GENERIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS (gTLD): May 4, 2011
5. Hearing on ICANN's Expansion of Top Level Domains: December 8, 2011
6. Hearing on ICANN’s Top-Level Domain Name Program: December 14, 2011

International Legislation

Cybersquatting and cybercrime are international problems that can only be reduced through a coordinated, international effort. CADNA works with international policy makers to move towards a global solution for cybersecurity.

ICANN

While ICANN claims to be an organization with a bottom-up policy development process that looks to represent its many stakeholders, its structure has evolved in a way that ICANN cedes most of its decision-making power to those stakeholders that directly profit off of the sales of domain names. As a result, ICANN continues to push through policies that cater to those stakeholders.

CADNA engages with ICANN in order to be a representative voice for businesses and consumers. However, recognizing that ICANN’s current structure presents a formidable barrier to public-interest oriented policy development, it is crucial to audit the ICANN model and reform it as necessary in order to secure long-term sustainability.

ICANN Comment Submissions

Letters to ICANN