[ga-full] NCDNHC proposed resolution on famous names and new TLDs

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All assembly members,

  FYI, discussion in response to NC meeting held earlier today on
New TLD's from the Noncom constituency:
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Subject:  Re: NCDNHC proposed resolution on famous names and new TLDs
        Date:  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:52:50 -0800
       From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
 Organization: INEGroup Spokesman
         To: Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
         CC:  James Love <love@cptech.org>, "Kevin J. Connolly"
<CONNOLLK@rspab.com>,
             NCDNHC-Discuss@lyris.isoc.org
  References:
             1 , 2




Harald and all,

Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> At 09:11 29.03.00 -0500, James Love wrote:
> >But the deal struck with .web might be quite different than what
> >usedcars or .union might want to agree to, and for good reason.  This

> >is, after, all, the test bed period.  Why lock every into the same
deal
> >right off the bat, when a one size fits all might not fit very well?
> This makes sense to me.
>
> *In the testbed period*, make sure the new TLDs conform to one of a
very
> small set of ways to handle the famous-marks problem, ranging from a
list
> without explicit bounds to a limited-scope TLD with no list at all.

  This could be achieved through the use of "Chartered TLD's" and a
good suggestion IMHO.  However a precedent could be set doing this
where all new TLD's would be "Chartered TLD's".  This however does
not address the shared and non-shared issues for new TLD or multiple
shared registries.

>
>
> Also, sunrise clause (the list is used in the month prior to registry
> opening, to give those on the list first shot) is a better stance from
a
> free-speech viewpoint, since it gives no protection to marks declared
> famous after the registry opens for general use, so it cannot be used
as a
> tool to stifle speech after the fact.

  Nor should it be used as a tool before the fact either.  Good point
here
as well Harald.

>
>
>                     Harald
>
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> Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
> Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
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