Re: [ga] New to the List

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 17:18 10.12.99 -0500, Randy Canis wrote:
>Hi,
>I am new to this list.  So far, the only e-mail I have received is 
>bickering among people I have never met.

An unfortunate side effect of having an ideal of openness without a 
balancing enforcement of civility and honesty, I'm afraid.

>  Can you tell me what we discuss on the list related to DNSO?  Is anyone 
> else concerned about the new implementation of the Uniform Domain Dispute 
> Policy that is



>  1) No Longer Free,

There was never a free domain resolution policy, unless you call the NSI 
"we'll suspend someone else's domain name for you if you have the 
trademark" policy *resolution*.

>   2) Like an Adjudicatory Procedure,

You mean - it actually makes a decision? That's supposed to be a feature.

>  3) Has no precedent or guidance for people filing for a dispute through 
> WIPO?

well - nothing new has exact precedents.
The institution of "court-like entities" for dispute resolution has long 
traditions; see for instance the "appeals" procedure of the IETF standards 
process, or the ways the sports organizations deal with doping cases.

I guess the guidance will come after a while.

                    Harald

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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
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