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

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

Eric and all assembly members,

  Unfortunately I think you are quite right here.  If the NC is not going
to listen at all the Registrants and the Registrars, than it is time to
take more drastic diverse action.

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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