Re: [ga] Domain names as observed (was Tucows Response to CochettiTransfer Letter)

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

on 8/3/01 9:10 AM, Roberto Gaetano at ga_list@hotmail.com wrote:

> Joanna,
> 
>>> 
>>> I would not be so sure.
>>> Would you find acceptable to buy from some registrar "string.foo", and
>> to
>>> find out that it is an "unregistered domain name"?
>> 
>> Hello Roberto,
>> ICANN doesn't have the TM for "domain name", and therefore cannot apply any
>> sort of regulatory power over its use. It could however coin a new term for
>> an "authoratitive domain name", to distinguish between those purchased
>> inside and outside the ICANN root and accredited registrar system, if you
>> think that would be helpful.
> 
> For the record, I was not making a question at all about ICANN and non-ICANN
> roots, just the existence of the domain name on any domain name server.
> If the string does not exist on any DNS, I maintain it cannot be called a
> domain name, but just ... a string.
> 
> Regards
> Roberto

For the record, I do not disagree with you at all, but is an expired domain
name on any domain name server? At what point does an expired domain name
stop being a domain name and revert to being a string?

My point is argued far more eloquently by David Post, who says essentially
that you cannot legislate for language in common use, particularly new
language. At the end of the day, one person may call the thing a string
while another person may call it an unregistered domain name, and we muddle
through because we each know it means the same thing. My observation is that
"domain name" itself can be shortened to just "name" and that's ok too..:-)

Regards,
Joanna

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