At 12:44 AM 2/16/99 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
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>On 16-Feb-99 Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
>>
>> 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.
Why would it be bad? Besides, no one has said anything about eliminating
existing TLDs. However, as they get churned by the TM lawyers, business
would gradually move to more stable chartered TLDs. As a businessman, I
would consider this a good thing as it aids in market differentiation,
without undue fragmentation. This allows more competition which is
generally considered a "good thing". An overly broad TLD would create a lot
of market chaos, as we see in COM right now. There are millions of SLDs
that no one can find.
>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.
You have not seen any examples of any specific charters, unless you count
the secureTLD case I bring up occasionally.
>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.
I disagree. What is the basis for your statement? Mind you, we have not yet
determined the specific need for charters. The TM protection benefit is
still unproven.
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