Re: [ga] FYI: WLS Vote of Transfers Task Force

[Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>]

Eric,

ummmmmmm I am curious.  what does routing around the WLS imply? Are you
talking about routing in a technical, metaphorical, procedural context?
I did think about this and I have absolutely no clue...how to 'route'
around WLS. Could you X-plain please?



eric@hi-tek.com wrote:
> 
> I am afraid that we simply must resign our thoughts to routing around the WLS
> concept as applied to .com.
> But then again, I think that we are all aware enough to route around .com as a
> whole and move on to more stable TLDs like ccTLDs and inclusives.
> 
> Eric
> 
> "J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin" wrote:
> 
> > On 23:31 29/07/02, Dan Steinberg said:
> > >so for the sake of continuity, I ask the question again.  Every TM
> > >specialist who argued for or against the WLS in front of the task force
> > >seemed to agree WLS was intellectual property neutral, a position I happen
> > >to agree with.
> >
> > I am afraid that these specialists forgot a detail. The WLS should be
> > accepted in the DN registration agreement (or renewal for the current DNs).
> > That agreement also accepts the UDRP.
> >
> > The WLS is not transparent to the TM in that sense that one can take
> > advantage from it to defend cross-TM class boarder rights and jurisprudence
> > would say if there is something in there or not. But WLS+UDRP agreement in
> > the *same* document is lethal to TM. The reason why is that in accepting
> > the UDRP principle you accept that good faith is a good reason to get a DN.
> > SO you accept that your successor in your own DN is entitled to show his
> > own good faith against UDRP challengers. This entitles your potential
> > successor to take every reasonable step to that end.
> >
> > 1. this leads to TMsquatting
> > 2. there is no procedure for you to UDRP your WLSuccessor
> >
> > Another problem is that you pay for a WLS after having estimated your
> > chances that the present owne go bankrupt or lose interest in the DN. Now
> > an UDRP can change the owner with very low chances that he will drop the
> > DN. Will you be returned you money, can you claim for compensation? against
> > who? Can you protect your rights in sharing in the UDRP? Can you impeach
> > the current owner to sell his DN?
> > jfc
> 
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