A new bill (S. 2661) is currently before the US Congress that would once again expand trademark rights to domain names and threaten free expression on the Internet. The bill, introduced by US Senator Snowe (R-Maine), also contains a privacy-invasive provision over the revelation of "whois" data (ICANN’s online database about website owners). The Snowe bill pretends to be an "anti-phishing" bill, but is really a trademark bill in disguise.
The Internet Governance Project issued an alert about the Snowe bill, the Internet Commerce Association published an interesting position paper on the bill, and read this CQ article.
A citizen’s group has launched a petition against the phony Snowe bill. Sign the petition here!