Re: [ifwp] NSI Domain Name Dispute Stats

[Milton Mueller]

Dave Crocker wrote:

> NSI is the problem, in this case, not the trademark community, because NSI
> is choosing to give the extra rights to trademark holders.

Huh?

So Gabe Battista just woke up one day and said, "by golly, I LIKE trademarks!
Think I'll give them bigger and stronger rights!"

No, as a veteran despiser of the NSI drp, I can say that it was purely a
defensive tack on their part, albeit a boneheaded and unfair one. Lawsuits from
trademark holders pushed them into it. NSI did not "choose to give extra rights
to trademark holders." It chose to defend itself from aggressive legal assaults
from trademark holders by coming up with a mechanical and inexpensive version of
trademark law. NSI's drp is to trademark rights what Eliza is to AI.
--MM