On 16-Feb-99 Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
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> NOW we go back up a few thousand feet to the primary question, do TLD
> charters serve a purpose? In this specific context, will they help with the
> TM vs DNS problem? Bill and Marty both say that they will. Personally, I
> have always believed in making room for both chartered and unchartered
> TLDs. However, the practical TM reality may make unchartered TLDs
> vulnerable to a lot of TM litigation induced churn. A functioning charter
> may actually help protect the TLD members from this. Since this favours
> stability it may be a good thing.
>
> What would be interesting to note is whether TM litigation rates went up
> when NSI stopped enforcing the existing charters.
Whenever you have a generic charter such as .com you will have this issue.
And I say that the absence of such a generic TLD would be a very bad thing.
For example, a new project I am starting as a domain name registered. But I
plan to be involved in a variety of different, and totally unrelated businesses
under this domain name. That would not be permitted under the so called
charters that I have seen advocated here.
If chartered TLDs are the rule rather than an option, we will be stifling
business and innovation, by forcing people to narrowly categorize their
intents.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16-Feb-99
Time: 00:39:24
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