Re[2]: [ga] WIPO Arbitrators Stern In Domain 'Hijacking' Rulings

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, William X Walsh wrote:

> Friday, Friday, October 26, 2001, 4:21:01 PM, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>
> > Cute ... so what's the penalty?
>
> Exactly. There should be a monetary penalty for reverse hijacking
> decisions, in compensation to the domain owner.  A punitive like
> penalty, that they must agree to pay if they are found to be engaging
> in a reverse hijacking attempt as a condition of being permitted to
> initiate a UDRP action.
>
> What do the rest of you think of this concept?

I think it's a potentially interesting idea, but I find it unlikely that
you'll ever get "consensus"(aka the ICANN staff and BOD) to buy into it.
There's also a pretty significant enforcement issue. How would you propose
to enforce judgements?

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