Well worth noting that the US Government is *above* the board, and in
fact created the whole cartel. Then you feel most happy inside this
cartel, witness your contribution to the last (or was it the one
before, there are so many) ICANN meeting.
Regards,
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, at 18:05 [=GMT-0500], elliot noss wrote:
> Well worth noting that there are more Europeans than Americans on the ICANN
> board (7 to 4 by my informal count). I proudly note there are also 2
> Canadians to share the blame.
>
> Regards
>
> Elliot Noss
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marc Schneiders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Dennis Hisey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: ICANNwatch article on .INFO
>
>
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, at 15:50 [=GMT-0400], Dennis Hisey wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone please explain why there should even be a Sunrise period.
> >
> > Maybe ICANN can? They approved this lottery and name claiming
> > business. Or ask your Congress man. The US Government approved of the
> > whole thing as well. I am in Europe. I can do nothing against this
> > cartel that ICANN is.
> >
> > --
> > Marc Schneiders --- Venster DNS Solutions
> > http://www.venster.nl/
> > http://www.bijt.net/
> >
> > > (Besides the obvious excuse to charge more money.) We have a UDRP that
> is
> > > supposed to deal with these types of problems. All it has done is give
> those
> > > with extra cash to spend, and a love of gambling, an advantage in
> > > registering names that would hardly be considered trademarks.
> > >
> > > At least the .biz process only warns you of potential trouble down the
> line,
> > > it doesn't stop you from trying to register. That seems somewhat fairer
> for
> > > everyone.
> > >
> > > Dennis Hisey
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.icannwatch.com/article.php?sid=249&mode=thread&order=0
> > > >
> > > > I have to disagree with Russ on one point, I think having the Sunrise
> > > > registration block the landrush is a good thing. Contrast with .BIZ
> > > > where IP claims don't even notify landrush hopefuls so people will
> > > > buy tickets with no hope of getting the domain and will have no
> > > > remedy when they get clobbered with an IP claim after they have
> > > > already been parted from their money.
> > > >
> > > > My 0.02
> > > >
> > > > -mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > mark jeftovic
> > > > http://www.easydns.com
> > > > http://mark.jeftovic.net
> > >
> >
>
