Re[2]: [ga] Domain names as observed

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Joop,

Sunday, July 29, 2001, 5:26:39 PM, Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 09:42 29/07/2001 -0400, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:


>>"The judge acknowledged that it's not totally clear whether property law 
>>should or
>>shouldn't apply to Web domains, but emphasized that the job of clarifying 
>>the law
>>rests with the legislature, not the courts. Legal experts seconded his 
>>opinion."
>>("his opinion" i.e. that the job of clarifying the law rests with the 
>>legislature, not
>>the courts!)

> This cannot be emphasised enough.
> While there are "bush-lawyers" (Australian expression for people who are 
> not lawyers, but who  dispense advise of a legal nature) among us who want 
> us to shut up about Domain Name owners' rights, the function of the DNSO GA 
> is exactly to help shaping the law, where there is currently a barely 
> filled vacuum.

No, it is not the function of the DNSO GA to shape law.  That is, in
fact, an inappropriate thing for the DNSO GA to be involved in.

Create an association or group to do that, that is not what the DNSO
GA is, or should, be doing.

-- 
Best regards,
William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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