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Re: [ifwp] RE: Non-Commercial v. Commercial TLDs



Williamd and all,

William X. Walsh wrote:

> On 09-Dec-98 Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> >>>>And if my non commercial site develops into a commercial business?
> >>>
> >>>What would be an example?
> >>
> >>A 4 year old 10,000 page website about tropical fish begins
> >>selling fish food.
> >
> > If they've been using [fish info@non com TLD] for four years, they keep
> > that one in place, and then decide if they want to add an additional com
> > TLD DN.  They would likely want to add a commercial DN to signal its new
> > line (and a commercial TLD would be in keeping with a professional
> > appearance, just as a corporate name, even a DBA, is more
> > professional-appearing than doing one's business without a corporate name.
> >
> > If they don't want to add a new commercial TLD, they plug along using a
> > non-commercial TLD.  If a third party believes that the company is now
> > infringing its trademark rights by selling fish food, then they would have
> > to bring a civil action - there's no cyber-piracy here.
>
> "Bring a civil action"

  This would be a total waste of time and resources, not to mention a
potential for baiting for legal harassment counter suit.

>
>
> Why is this solution ok for this situation but not all situations?

 Good question.  Personally I see nothing improper or wrong here.

>
>
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> Date: 09-Dec-98 / Time: 14:58:46
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