RE: [ga] I want to be on the Inclusivbe Name Space SIG ML

["Jeff Field" <jfield@aaaq.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Patrick
> Greenwell
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 4:34 PM
> To: Jeff Field
> Cc: ga@dnso.org; jandl@jandl.com; PacificRoot Hostmaster; Derek Conant
> Subject: RE: [ga] I want to be on the Inclusivbe Name Space SIG ML
>
>
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Jeff Field wrote:
>
> > "Please note: The new domains, especially .biz, are not ICANN
> TLDs. They are
> > real domains supported in the ORSC Inclusive Name Space.
> Likewise, we are
> > not taking pre-registrations; these are all active domains."
> >
> > Yes real, yes active...but invisible to nearly everyone.  Sort of like
> > buying a shrink-wrapped calculator that has the add, subtract,
> and multiply
> > buttons disabled; only the divide button works.  IOW, the
> expectation was a
> > fully functioning calculator but what I got was nearly useless.
>  And, if I'm
> > the consumer, I don't give a damn if the company disclosed this
> information
> > in the fine print (the tactic used at PacificRoot's website),
> I'm pissed!
>
> So in essence you are arguing that people are too stupid to read,
> shouldn't bear the burden of understanding what they are signing up for,
> and anyone offering these names even with a disclaimer in place is
> misleading consumers?
>

It's more a matter of what's reasonable.  In the case of my calculator
example, a prominent sticker on the front of the package clearly spelling
out the deficencies would, IMHO, pass muster with the FTC.  They would be
allowed to sell the deficient product.  Those same deficiencies being buried
in fine print on the back, probably would not.

Just because a website has on it's site disclaimers, doesn't mean it's
automatically in the free and clear with the FTC or better yet, the
customer.  I mean, if you're a business, you probably do want repeat
customers.  Selling them something for which it wasn't clear what they were
buying is not, IMO, is not a good way to do business.

As this pertains to PacificRoot specifically, *you* know exactly what the
product is, *I* know exactly what the product is, but probably 90% (or more)
of the Internet population that might stumble on their site doesn't know an
ICANN root from an ORSC Inclusive Namespace root.  I believe PacificRoot
does a bad job (by bad job, I mean I believe the FTC might have a problem
with it) at explaining the situation.  That's all.

BTW, it's been suggested that this conversation is sort of off-topic...I'm
very happy to put it to bed, if you'd like.

Regards,

Jeff
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