[ga] Re: DNSO ICANN board member

["Patrick Corliss" <patrick@quad.net.au>]

Louise

Ignore Kent - he's too ridiculous for words.

Patrick Corliss

----- Original Message -----
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] DNSO ICANN board member


> On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 10:52:02AM +0100, Louise Ferguson wrote:
> > >     I think the cybersquatting issue is real, particularly now with
few
> > > TLDs.  I can't get cpt.org, an unused domain.
> >
> > People have the right NOT to use a domain, for 6 months, for 6 years or
for
> > ever.
>
> No, they don't.  The "rights" that go with a domain are purely defined
> through contracts and laws, and those "rights" are being developed as
> we speak.
>
> > Since when have I been able to take possession of one of your houses
> > because you don't live in it? Are my rights to do so affected by the
number
> > of houses you own, by how high you let the grass grow, by whether you
put
> > the house up for sale, or by its state of repair? Can it be repossessed
if
> > your mad dog bites the postman, or if you organise demonstrations in
your
> > front yard? No.
>
> Yes.  Every one of those things, under some circumstance or another,
> can affect your "right" to your real property.
>
> There are no a priori "rights" to domain names -- no rights of free
> speech or expression, no rights of possession or ownership.  People are
> busily trying to *assert* rights to domain names, but nobody is
> special, it's just a free-for-all of people saying "mine mine mine",
> and the winners are yet to be determined.
>
> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
> kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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