Re: [ga] Companion Dispute Proposal to WLS Service

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Ellen and all assembly members,

Ellen Rony wrote:

> Yebbut, the notion of WLS-squatting and a WLSDRP is humorous because it
> mirrors the companion idiocy that already exists.  Did y'all miss that?

 No I didn't miss that in John's original post of this thread, as you may
have read...

>
>
> Domain name registration has been transformed from a facilitating protocol
> into an archetypal fight between good vs. evil.  Trademarks good,
> cybersquatters evil.  Non-trademark owners are potential evil-doers until
> they prove otherwise, if challenged.
>
> The simplicity of RFC 1591 FCFS has been replaced by multi-level marketing
> writ large.   One may now pay for a pre-emptive opportunity to register a
> name, bid or pay for the opportunity to be in a queue to have a random
> chance at registering a name, pay to defend a challenge to a sunrise
> registration, pay to defend the actual domain registration which is forever
> vulnerable to a UDRP challenge, and now pay to be placed first on a list to
> get a name if it ever expires.
>
> So many ways these days to fold a domain name registration and stick it
> where the sun don't shine.
>
> -Ellen
>
> At 11:13 AM -0400 6/7/02, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
> >         Lighten up, everyone.  Marc was joking.  *John* was joking when he
> >started this thread.
> >
> >Jon Weinberg
> >weinberg@msen.com
> >
> >
> >
> >At 10:50 AM 6/7/2002 -0700, Sandy Harris wrote:
> >>Marc Schneiders wrote:
> >>
> >> > > In most countries, you are innocent unless proven guilty. What you
> >> propose
> >> > > is to decide that somebody is guilty even before committing the action.
> >> >
> >> > Terrorism, piracy, above all the latter, need to be tackled _before_ the
> >> > vile acts are committed. We cannot allow any chances, that a trademark
> >> > actually gets hurt.
> >>
> >>I hope you were joking or being sarcastic in writing that. If not,
> >>methinks you're insane.
> >>
> >>A murderer or child molester is treated as innocent until proven guilty
> >>in
> >>many countries, and has some right to due process almost anywhere. You
> >>appear to be claiming that "piracy" against trademark right is so
> >>heinous
> >>a crime that it demands special measures, more severe than those against
> >>murder or child molestation. This is utterly ludicrous.
> >>
> >>You might make that case for terrorism. It is at least arguable that,
> >>against such enemies, even democratic nations should go outside their
> >>normal legal principles and resort to arrest without habeas corpus, or
> >>even to assasination. I'm unconvinced, but there are certainly some
> >>strong arguments for that position.
> >>
> >>But "terrorism, piracy, above all the latter ...". Even without "above
> >>all", this would be lunacy. With it, it is utterly unbeleivable.
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