RE: [ga] WLS

["Jeff Field" <jfield@aaaq.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Kent
> Crispin
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:27 AM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] WLS
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 08:40:23PM -0400, John Berryhill wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Dramatically increase the cost for whom?  Registrars, speculators? or
> > > consumers?
> > >
> > > Chuck
> >
> > Please provide a meaningful distinction between a "speculator" and a
> > "consumer".
>
> Speculators register domain names for the primary intent of reselling
> them later for a profit.  Consumers don't have resale as a primary
> intent.  As you know, the law is quite capable of using intent as a
> meaningful distinguishing characteristic.  In general, you are making a
> "slippery slope" argument, and, again, as you know, slippery slope
> arguments are not valid.
>
> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
> kent@songbird.com                          lonesome."  -- Mark Twain
>

In the stock market you have some people that buy and sell stocks as an
investment and others that buy and sell stocks on pure speculation.  The
first group are called, "investors"; the second group, "speculators".  But
investors and speculators are simply subsets of the more broad terms,
"buyers" and "sellers".

In regards to domain names, IMHO, *way* too much emphasis has been placed on
trying to make the distinction between a "consumer" and a "speculator".
Both are simply members of the more broad term, "registrant".  The basic
question that needs answering regarding WLS is whether or not "registrants"
will be harmed.

Best regards,

Jeff

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