Re: [ga] dotbiz-info SM & TM questions

[Marc Schneiders <marc@venster.nl>]

On Tue, 22 May 2001, at 09:52 [=GMT+0200], Alexander Svensson wrote:
> Marc Schneiders wrote on 22.05.01, 02:12:02:

> > It does work with 4 characters at neulevel.com. I just tried for BIJT,
> > except for paying for it, naturally. The more I read about it, the
> > more I feel sick. An officially ICANN sanctioned lottery.
> 
> I'm not so sure about that. At least trademark holders 
> /don't/ get the domain simply by claiming trademark
> rights. E.g., if Marc claims BIJT(tm) and I manage to 
> register bijt.biz for my Better Investigative Journalism 
> Training business, I'm informed of Marc's claim and 
> Marc is informed of my registration. 

Sorry, I got carried away a bit. I meant to say that the lottery
system, where anyone can buy as many tickets for a certain .BIZ
(acc. to ICANN) as (s)he likes, made me sick. Not so much the IP claim
system. It should be clear to anyone paying into that, that he gets
hot air.

From my own experience I know that 'grabbing' domains that expire (I
mean com/net/org) every day is a sort of a 'luck' system. Still there
one only pays if one gets the domain. The chances may be inequal
(connections, skills, servers), but it is not a casino. .BIZ is a
casino. _Public resources_ should not be distributed through a
casino. 

I will boycott .BIZ (acc. to ICANN) for this reason. I can think of
another reason to boycott it, vid. that there is another .BIZ, which
resolves for some time already. I can, however, stand the power play
of ICANN, ignoring alt roots (though I dont agree with it), but not
this money grabbing casino it established. This really drives me nuts.
Where are we going to? This is no longer a 'game'. This is evil. I
mean it.

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> Marc is free to file a Startup Opposition Policy 
> complaint, but if I "(as an individual, business, or other 
> organization) have been commonly known by the domain name", 
> even if I /haven't/ acquired trademark or service mark 
> rights, then it is bona fide use and I can keep it. More 
> importantly, the IP claims expire when .biz goes live.
> 
> (One may of course wonder whether this is worth $90. :))
> 
> Best regards,
> /// Alexander
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