Sign Up With Us As predicted, ICANN has gone back on several promises it made to the Internet community as early as 1998. Please let them know how you feel about it. Sign onto the Public Interest Letter or read the latest Press Release on the subject. As feared, ICANN has made substantive decisions affecting the rights of individuals, small businesses, and non commercial organizations. Unlike its mandate for "technical management," ICANN's domain name dispute policies could directly affect your rights to free speech on the Internet. These decisions are being made without seating the duly elected board members, and are instead being made by special interest board members and "Board Squatters" who extended their own terms. It's time for this fiasco to end. Meantime, the U.S. Government has passed the radical "Anti Cybersquatting Act." This act is very dangerous to domain name holders and could make them subject to fines of up to $100,000 for registrations that are found to be in "bad faith." Join DNRC and help us make your voice heard. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Have you received a threat from a trademark owner who wants you to give them your domain name? See our quick overview of your possible rights to stop reverse domain name hijacking. NEW A new article by DNRC president Mikki Barry on protecting yourself against the Anti Cybersquatting Act We need your help, your voice, and your financial support. We can't keep up the fight without you. The Time to Join Us Is Now! The Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC) wants you to join us in working for Democratic Governance of the Internet and toward the recognition that all speech -- personal, political and commercial - should be recognized, valued and protected. DNRC believes that one of the keys to this goal is the development of the .US country code top level domain (ccTLD). Please click News for more on our fight to keep the .US domain as a safe haven for free speech and expression. Since early 1996, the Domain Name Rights Coalition has represented the voices of small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals at the U.S. State Department, before the Department of Commerce, in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and most recently, at the White House. By joining us, you too can play a role in helping to shape Internet Governance and protect the rights of all users of the Internet at a critical time. For more information on joining DNRC, please see our signup page. Our Mission Statement: The Domain Name Rights Coalition (DNRC) represents the interests and views of entrepreneurs, small businesses and individuals on the Internet. We work for national and international policies which are fair and equitable to all users of the Internet, and which promote the Internet as a global medium of communication and free speech. We are well known for our vigilant fight against the Domain Name Dispute Policy of ICANN, the "Anti Cybersquatting Act" and similar policies.