Re: [ga] Re: Joker.com filing "common law" .info claims

["watchdog" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

Not only are sunrise periods unfair, they also create more abuse of the
system. Many generic names registered, fake tm #s used to get domain names,
like God.info, the TM # used was "1". Although a great concept for that
domain, it is a good example for the abuse allowed by these companies.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
To: <wsl@cerebalaw.com>
Cc: "William X Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>; "PacificRoot Hostmaster"
<idno@tallship.net>; "[GA]" <ga@dnso.org>; "icann board address"
<icann-board@icann.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Joker.com filing "common law" .info claims


> Bill and all assembly members,
>
>   Yes.  And this is one rendition of an argument that is is most important
> to these issues as they relate to the free market.  The Sunrise provisions
> provide for a closed method of hoarding of Domain Names as well as
> a having a gerrymandering effect on multiple name spaces.  We [INEGroup]
> have always held, and still do hold, that such practices should not be
> allowed.  But of course the ICANN BoD and staff obviously feel and
> felt otherwise as these "Sunrise" provisions were imposed upon the
> stakeholders without their consent and against a consensus of the
participating
> stakeholders desire.
>
> William S. Lovell wrote:
>
> > William X Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > Sunday, Sunday, September 02, 2001, 12:48:12 AM, PacificRoot
Hostmaster wrote:
> > >
> > > > But of course hoarding domain names in the hopes of extorting money
from
> > > > others who have a real need to develop content there is wrong, but
being
> > >
> > > Yes, use it or lose it should apply in all parts of our lives then.  A
> > > neighbor has a great classic car, that he never drives.
> > >
> > > Therefore he shouldn't own it, since he is not using it the way the
> > > makers intended and is therefore depriving me of its use.
> > >
> > > There is nothing wrong with purchasing domain names on a speculative
> > > basis, or anything else for that matter.
> > >
> > > It drives the free market economy.
> >
> > Methinks Mr. Walsh misses the essential point. It is NOT a "free market
> > economy" when a registrar can hoard names with impunity, whereas if you
> > or I as individuals did it, we'd be cybersquatters.  It is extremely
difficult
> > to avoid the surmise that the so-called Anticybersquatting Consumer
> > Protection Act was passed firstly to protect NSI/Verisign's ability to
do
> > that, and secondly all the other (now) registrars that NSI/Verisign now
> > has to contend with.  Surely it is a "free market economy" within the
select
> > group allowed to hoard, but it is not with respect to the rest of us.
That "law"
> > singles out a specific class of Internet users ("operators," etc.) and
gives
> > them special privileges.
> >
> > But William and I have had this argument before! :-)
> >
> > Bill Lovell
> >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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> > >
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> >
> > The URLs for Best Practices:
> > DNSO Citation:
> > http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
> > (Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
> > Proposal for Best Practices for the DNSO GA." This
> > page also includes much else about the DNSO.)
> > Part I:
> > http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
> > Part II:
> > http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
> > (Access to the .pdf file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
> > available for free down load at
> > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
> > Part III:
> > http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-PartIII.html
> >
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> Regards,
>
> --
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