Re: [ifwp] Re: Proposal for a new ORSC/DNSO project

["Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com>]

>"Prior use" would be the weakest claim, IMHO.  Not speaking legally here,
just
>from a point of fairness.
>
>Let me also say, that of all the participants with an operating (will you
give
>me this term? :)  "Alternative" registry operating, you have always been
the
>one of the ones (the few) with a stong sense of fairness.  Jay Fenello is
>another one who has.
>
>And I have no doubt that IOD and Iperdome would make great registries.  And
>personally, I would like to see them added into the root operating their
TLDs.
>
>My position here is one of fairness, however.  And I don't think these two
>positions are at odds.

So then how would you handle the situation whereby Image Online Design
meets all of the criteria, but then, say, a huge telecommunications carrier
comes along and says, "no, we want .web." IOD meets the criteria, and
the huge telecommunications carrier does, or would quickly spend a
miniscule portion of their cash to do so. Who gets it? Why?

Slippery slope, isn't it?

Christopher