RE: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re: NewZealand.biz

["Roberto Gaetano" <ploki_xyz@hotmail.com>]

Gomes, Chuck wrote:
>
>Roberto,
>
>My guess is that you did not mean to imply that the current operator made a
>'unitlateral' decision not to enforce the conditions recommended by RFC
>1591, but just in case some might conclude that, I would like to point out
>as has been pointed out in the past that that decision was recommended by
>Jon Postel and then followed by the current operator.
>

I did not imply anything like that, because as much as I consider myself an 
"oldcomer", I entered this circus when .com, .org and .net were already not 
enforcing the charter. I assume that this was done with the agreement of Jon 
and!or IANA, but I consider this irrelevant to my point, which is that a 
registry aiming at large numbers *cannot* put in place filters, while some 
"special purpose" registries, like .int, *can*.

Whatever the judgement on NSi, later VeriSign, we have to admit one thing: 
much of the success of the Internet today is related to the possibility of 
giving Mr. Jones the chance to register a Domain Name. Had NSi put 
complicated filters in place (as the original charter could be interpreted 
to call for), the development of the Internet would have been slower. Of 
course, we can argue that the very reason why this was put in place was not 
altruistic but profit for NSi, but this will parallel to the dismissal of 
the importance of the ModelT because Ford did not mean to build an 
affordable car in order to allow the "masses" to take advantage of it, but 
because he saw in this a source of profit. Whatever the motivation, the fact 
is that, as the Taylorist approach has allowed mass production of cars, the 
"light filtering" has allowed mass registration of domain names.
And this has been a "Good Thing". Now, we need to correct the effects of it, 
as much we need to correct the effect of mass ownership of private 
transportation in terms of pollution, traffic, etc.
Does this need regulation or can this be left to the free market? Hard 
question. As usual, the truth is in the middle, methinks. The problem is not 
"regulate nothing" or "regulate all" but to keep a good balance between what 
is regulated and what not.

Regards
Roberto


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