Re: [wg-c] Choosing the intial testbed

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:17:20PM -0500, James Love wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Rick H Wesson wrote:
> > a simple constraint for gTLD my be that they are *not* trademarkable for 
> > the purpose of being a gTLD.
> > 
> > it might narrow the field a bit.
> 
>    Could be a rule for the initial testbed, but perhaps problematic in
> the long run.  But more general, the issue isn't just about generics.
> Other TLDs are also relevant.  
> 
>    I personally don't see why AOL, with millions of customers, couldn't
> have .aol.  Or my AT&T couldn't use .att, if they wanted to.  

Because there is therefore no reasonable criteria by which you could 
restrict *any* TM holder from getting a TLD.

>    Why not permit every ISP with a million or more customers to have a
> TLD of their choice?  This could be a simple rule.   I'm sure there
> would be complaints, but would it cause any harm?  It wouldn't hurt me.

Wow.  "It wouldn't hurt me."  That's deep.  I'm really encouraged that 
you are a consumer advocate.

There are countries where *no* ISP has a million customers... 

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