Re: [wg-review] [DNDEF] OLYMPIC.COM addendum

[Bret Busby <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au>]

Sotiropoulos wrote:
> 
> Article 380 of the US Code of Laws forbids commercial utilization of the words "Olympic" or  "Olympiad" and was enacted as law in 1978.  Funny enough,
> it has a retroactive clause of 28 years into the past... 1950.  It's amazing how they can even turn back the clock like that! One wonders why they didn't
> just go all they way back to 776BC?  Sigh...

But, here's the question; does that law apply to the Internet, and, to
the gTLD domain names? 

If it does, by what authority, given that USA laws generally do not
govern every other country in the world, and, generally do not take
precedence over the laws of each other country in the world.

And, if so, then, the USA has indeed decided that the Internet is, and,
shall be, its property, and, shall be governed by no-one else.

If not, then, it doesn't really matter.

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Bret Busby

Armadale, West Australia

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