Re: [wg-review] [DNDEF] short quizz 9,10

["Miles B. Whitener" <mbw@i-theta.com>]

...
> > But it sounds like you are saying the US Government is the
cause
> > of this.
>
> No, actually it is the end-users of the DNS who are the cause
of this.
> The White paper was the result of a public process in which
many
> comments were collected, and the clauses in the White Paper
were put
> there because that was the sentiment expressed in many
compelling
> comments.  There are in fact *very* good arguments for a UDRP;
there
> is no real question as to whether there should be one.  There
are

I guess I disagree.

> questions as to whether there are flaws in the current
process -- most
> people believe there are, and that the UDRP needs adjustment of
some
> sort.

I guess I think the adjustment in this case would be more like a
deletion.


>
> The UDRP came from end-user demand.  Some people find it
inconvenient to
> consider TM owners as end-users like themselves, but "them's
the facts".

TM owners have their own interests.  I believe trademark law
generically covers lots of kinds of uses of a name.  If it
somehow did not cover DNS entries, that would have been a flaw in
TM law, not in DNS policy.

>
> > This is not too surprising.  The last president put many
people
> > into power who had little experience and whose main
> > "qualification" was a socialist / globalist political agenda.
>
> Perhaps true, but in the context it is a singularly shallow and

I disagree again.  My comment is based on some simple and
enduring principles.

> uninformed comment.  In fact, the whole ICANN process is an an
effort
> to privatize something under government control.

But that's probably not possible.  And if the so-called
privatization ends up in the United States transferring something
under its control to some vague "international community", then
the interests of citizens everywhere are compromised.


>
> [irrelevant political rant deleted]

That's you feeling.  Your smug wisdom above is also a political
comment.


>
> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you
will be
...


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