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

[PacificRoot Hostmaster <idno@tallship.net>]

Yes this is a key point that many people miss. In fact it is part of the
ICANN schemata that everyone, including Trademark holders actively engage
in cybersquatting..., er... Can't use that term anymore now that it has an
incorrect legislated meaning.... so.... hm... domainsquatting, flattening
out the domain space until all short, meaningful domain names no longer
exist.

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
coerced by a government's naivity or a maverick virus like ICANN into
registering everything abc (abc.com/net/co.uk/cx/aq/bz/af/ly/iq/ir/ao
etc..) is just plain comedy.

Fortunately, registrants of domain names under TLDs held by The
PacificRoot are not subject to arbitrary theft by the insidious ICANN
UDRP. It's going to stay that way too.

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:

> John,
> 
> It is a common misconception that registrars are somehow prohibited from
> stockpiling. There are no such restrictions in any ICANN/Registry agreement
> that I am aware of.
> 
> -rwr
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>
> To: <admin@consumer.net>; "[GA]" <ga@dnso.org>; "Dan Halloran"
> <halloran@icann.org>; <touton@icann.org>; <mclaughlin@pobox.com>
> Cc: <michael@palage.com>; <afilias@joker.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:56 AM
> Subject: [ga] Re: Joker.com filing "common law" .info claims
> 
> 
> > Russ,
> >
> > What I don't understand about this is that the registrars' operating
> > agreement with ICANN is supposed to prohibit them from stockpiling domains
> > for their own benefit.
> >
> > I realize that ICANN has its hands full, busily maintaining Internet
> > stability all day, but does anyone there monitor registrar compliance with
> > the accreditation agreement?  Or care?
> >
> > There would not appear to be any incentive on ICANN's part to do anything
> > about, though.  ICANN is not an aggrieved party to registrar accreditation
> > violations, and it will be a cold day in a hot place if any registrar were
> > ever to get its ticket yanked.  Won't happen.  It is one of those jobs
> like
> > monitoring dispute resoluton service provider compliance - nice idea, but
> > where's the incentive to actually do it?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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Bradley D. Thornton
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