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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chris and all assembly members,

  Yes, large corporate abuse of various severity and type, has over the past
5 or 6 years run rapid to the point of almost being out of control, even by
court systems on a global scale.  Microsoft is only one glaring example.
And for this amongst a number of other reasons that have been hammered
home over and over again to the ICANN BoD and staff, control of the
ICANN BoD and staff by these special interests a bad capture for
the health and stability of the Internet, and should be severely discouraged
on that basis alone.

watchdog wrote:

> 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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> > > > The most advanced domain lookup tool on the net
> > > > DNS Services from $1.65/mo
> > > >
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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
> > >
> > > --

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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