RE: [ifwp] Re: How not to define membership classes

["William X. Walsh" <william@wxweb.qnis.net>]

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On 05-Jan-99 Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 09:41:14AM -0500, Dan Steinberg wrote:
>> 
> [...]
>> > Fine.
>> > Do you have a business case for it? Do you really think that "amateur
>> > sports
>> > teams", for instance, have been so influential in the history of DNS wars
>> > as
>> > Trademarks? If yes, join the discuss@dnso.org list and propose it.
>> > You may have consensus on it ;>)
>> > 
>> Roberto,
>> 
>> Karl, myself, Mikki, Carl Oppedahl and many others have been making a
>> 'business case' for this for several years now.
> 
> Excluding TM interests from representation does nothing to further
> that business case.  In fact, it probably weakens it: TM interests
> are very powerful politically, and are simply "routing around" you --
> in the network where it matters.  I believe that the histrionic
> exclusionary antics of DNRC, Milton Mueller, and others, are in the
> long run, probably doing more harm than good to non-trademark
> interests. 

No, Kent.  The simple truth is that trademark holders make up a VERY small
subset of domain name holders.  But you want to give this VERY small special
interest group a much higher footing than their numbers amongst all domain name
holders really warrants.

How can anyone not see that this places and unfair bias against the non
trademark domain name holders?

The fact is that Trademark holders are willing to use their money and influence
to support your effort, provided that you help them get rules introduced that
they know they would never be able to get passed at legislative levels.

You want their support, since actual DNSO.org support is so waning, and indeed
is only representing a small subset of stakeholders as it stands.  With a vocal
(and wealthy) supporter such as the trademark holders groups, the DNSO.org can
try and use this influence to overcome the facts, that they do not meet the
mandates for a DNSO.


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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <william@wxweb.qnis.net>
Date: 05-Jan-99
Time: 12:41:29
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