Boucher's Hearing on ICANN Governance Spurs Private Sector Call to Arms

Carlson Joins CADNA to Help Promote ICANN Reform

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition Against Domain
Name Abuse (CADNA) is pleased to announce the addition of Carlson Companies to
its membership. With major Internet policy being developed and enacted by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- such as the
potential launch of an unlimited number of Top Level Domains (TLDs) -- brand
owners like Carlson are looking to positively impact the governance of the
domain name space. There are many encouraging signs that Congress' interest in
these issues has been renewed, including Rep. Boucher's (D-VA) recent hearing
on the U.S. government's relationship with ICANN.

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"ICANN's push to expand gTLDs could have a direct and significant financial
impact for companies like Nike," said Jim Carter, General Counsel of CADNA
member Nike, Inc. "Domain name space expansion should only be made with the
right enforcement mechanisms put in place. We appreciate Chairman Boucher's
support and pursuit of seeking regulation in this area and believe his efforts
will help both businesses and consumers use the Internet more effectively and
safely."

Congress' active interest in this issue makes now an opportune time for brand
owners to get involved. CADNA urges brands owners to reach out to their
congressional representatives and inform them about the impact that online
domain name infringement has on businesses and consumers.

The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit
organization dedicated to ending the systemic domain name abuses that plague
the Internet today. For more information, please visit www.cadna.org.

SOURCE Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse

Yvette Wojciechowski of The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse,
+1-202-223-9355, press@cadna.org