RE: [wg-review] RE: Domains and other matters

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|>-----Original Message-----
|>From: Sotiropoulos [mailto:sotiris@hermesnetwork.com]
|>Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:57 PM
|>To: dassa@dhs.org; wg-review@dnso.org
|>Subject: Re: [wg-review] RE: Domains and other matters
|>
Sotiris

|>Yes, but the question remains: What is a domain name?  *Is*
|>it a trademark?  Or s it a business name?  or is it a word?
|>or is it a number? or a string of letters? a convenient
language-based mnemonic tag?  Does
|>registration of a trademark grant any rights to a domain?
|>There are no agreed upon answers to any of these questions.  What do
you think?

Personally I view it as a purchasing the right to use the domain name
for a set period of time providing the conditions agreed to when
registering the domain name are adhered to.  That is what I agreed to
when registering all the domains I currently control.  The system we
currently operate under reserves the right to withdraw our rights to
any domain.  They do so if they consider a domain registration was
done in bad faith or infringes on the rights of others.  I do not
condone the interpretation placed on domain registrations by some
rulings under the URDP, but I am bound to abide by such rulings at the
present time.  I wish the situation was different but it isn't.  We
may be able to change this but I consider it will be a long process
and certainly not within the bounds of this working group given the
limited time available.

|>P.S. Perhaps you're right, we probably just bumped into each
|>other on line.  ;-)  nice to see you again!
|>

Likewise :)

Dassa

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