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

[kent@songbird.com]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 01:08:48PM -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Rodrigo  Orenday Serrato wrote:
> 
>> WANNA BET!? I DID READ IT, several times over, by the way, so don't "ditto"
>> me!
> 
> Alas, you read it quite carelessly.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> "   ORG - This domain is intended as the miscellaneous TLD for
>>          organizations that didn't fit anywhere else.  Some non-
>>          government organizations may fit here.
> 
> 
> PLEASE NOTE THE UTTER ABSCENCE OF THE WORDS "ONLY" AND "NON-PROFIT" IN THE
> ABOVE. IT ISN'T ONLY FOR NON-PROFITS.  ITS FOR "ORGANIZATIONS" -- THAT IS
> A VERY BROAD TERM IN AMERICAN ENGLISH.

Sorry, that is irrelevant, and worse, misleading.  It says "...that
didn't fit anywhere else", and .com is specifically for commercial
entities.  Since all commercial entities "fit" in .com, it follows that 
.org is for entities that are non-commercial.  

Admittedly there is a distinction between "non-commercial" and
"non-profit", but in casual conversation that distinction is not
important. 

> Sorry about the shouting, but really.

Yes, shouting is bad form, and genrally indicates that the one shouting 
has a weak argument.

> I would give a failing mark to any student that made this error.

The arrogance of academia...

> Especially as the subject has been discussed online in myriad fora for
> many years.  "Miscellaneous" is the key word here...

No, actually, "didn't fit elsewhere" is the key.
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