William X. Walsh wrote:
>
> On 07-Feb-99 John B. Reynolds wrote:
> > As an advocate of expansion of the TLD space and policies that
> would protect
> > domain registrants from exploitation based on registry
> lock-in, I prefer to
> > take my chances with the business community than with the incumbent TLD
> > registries.
>
> What makes you think this is any different in the Trademark
> draft? CORE is the
> one behind it, and they have always advocated CORE as the sole
> solitary new
> registry.
True, but I don't see how the Washington draft puts CORE in a position to
impose its will on the DNS.
>
> You have less chance of exploitation in a open market, which is
> what the people
> behind the paris draft support, since it opens it to competition.]
>
The problem is that I am not convinced that all of the incumbent ccTLDs (or
even a majority thereof) or the incumbent gTLD share your commitment to
competition, and the Paris draft puts them in a position to block it.
> CORE has always been opposed to the open root modem, preferring
> to be the SOLE
> source of new TLDs.
>
