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Re: [ga] DNSO ICANN board member
Kent,
I suppose I should start looking in the mail for the note from the US Govn't
that arrives every year demanding I not farm my farmland. Oh never mind, I
just got my check from them. Is the next government step to remove my rights
to ownership of said land since it is not inuse and would make a damn good
electrical power plant area?
I suggest that this is what you meant by this message below. I have
written to
you to give you an opportunity to be more clear, agree with my assesment of
your writing or disagree.
Thank you.
:)
~k
At 07:24 AM 8/31/2000 , Kent Crispin wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 10:52:02AM +0100, Louise Ferguson wrote:
>> > I think the cybersquatting issue is real, particularly now with few
>> > TLDs. I can't get cpt.org, an unused domain.
>>
>> People have the right NOT to use a domain, for 6 months, for 6 years or for
>> ever.
>
>No, they don't. The "rights" that go with a domain are purely defined
>through contracts and laws, and those "rights" are being developed as
>we speak.
>
>> Since when have I been able to take possession of one of your houses
>> because you don't live in it? Are my rights to do so affected by the number
>> of houses you own, by how high you let the grass grow, by whether you put
>> the house up for sale, or by its state of repair? Can it be repossessed if
>> your mad dog bites the postman, or if you organise demonstrations in your
>> front yard? No.
>
>Yes. Every one of those things, under some circumstance or another,
>can affect your "right" to your real property.
>
>There are no a priori "rights" to domain names -- no rights of free
>speech or expression, no rights of possession or ownership. People are
>busily trying to *assert* rights to domain names, but nobody is
>special, it's just a free-for-all of people saying "mine mine mine",
>and the winners are yet to be determined.
>
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>kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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