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>Hmmm,=20
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>What would be the problem with the following (from a TM/legal standpoint):
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>I file a request for xyz123.dom -- the request is then "published" (it
>could or could not be made active at the same time). People then have x
>days to file a "protest" with appropriate requirements included, etc. If
>after x days there is no protest or all protests are "resolved" then a
>netTM is issued on the FQDN?
>
>I know most of the 100,000's of problems everyone would have with this --
>basically it would create an "international" TM. How could "we" (ie.,
>then generic public) craft such a system without it being destroyed by the
>current TM interests and one that would standup in "court"?
>
>Such as, buy an island nation to be the DN repository and operate all of
>the root servers on the "soil" of our new nation (of course the ideal
>would be that this is a virtual nation).
>
>Food for thought or the disposal?
>
>Ron
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>On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Michael Sondow wrote:
>
>> Bill Lovell a =E9crit:
>>=20
>> > And thus the great unwashed millions indeed DO need representation:
>> > To Mr. & Mrs. Mom & Pop Herb Emporium, capital assets $283, the
>> > NSI dispute policy is their ONLY problem.
>>=20
>> I'm surprised to find myself taking the side of Bill Lovell, but he's spo=
>t
>> on, here. How many people, thinking to invest money starting a web busine=
>ss,
>> have been deterred from doing so by the fear that, after having built up
>> their business, their domain name will be taken away? The worst thing abo=
>ut
>> all these doamin name disputes may be the bad publicity they're causing.
>> Soon, only those with the resources to hire lawyers and defend their name=
>s
>> in court will even consider starting a web business, and the whole amazin=
>g
>> adventure of the Internet will sink and die.
>>=20
>> Isn't it way too soon in the high-tech revolution to stop free trade? Wha=
>t's
>> the use of Congress passing a bill to keep Net business un-taxed, if only
>> wealthy people can think of engaging in e-commerce?
>>=20
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