Having had conversations with him, he sincerely appreciates that there is a large silent majority of good actors in the domainer community, he respects that there is legitimacy to the domain marketplace, and he would not make such statements as are being quoted in the article.

The editor of the article is clearly making editorial opinion and it is unfortunately not clearly deliniated between where that is happening and Paul’s actual quotes exist so it all appears as Paul speaking.

As he said to me: “When asked to look ahead at what might happen on the Internet, I did say it was likely domainers would move increasingly into the ccTLD space. In no way did I say or suggest that domainers were a negative force in any way and certainly did not refer to them as “a downside.” The many domainers I have met and chatted with at meetings across the globe will know I would never say such a thing.

As I noted in my closing remarks at the Dubai meeting, the marketplace has evolved and domainers are a part of the robust domain name market that exists today.”

Aside from the ICA, its going to provide the strongest pre-emptive legal defense.