jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greg Skinner wrote:
>> In the absence of hard data, people will argue their opinion based on
>> their experience. No one knows for sure what will happen when the
>> safe TLD limit is exceeded. Anyway, even if TLDs are added a thousand
>> at a time, I've not seen any evidence that they will suffice to
>> qualify all the trademarks or service marks that are necessary to
>> avoid DN lawsuits.
> What? What does a TLD in and of itself have to do with a Trademark
> per se? TLD's are not trademarkable to my knowledge.
If I understand the ORSC position, the problem is a lack of gTLDs.
The more you create, the less problem you have with trademarks,
because for every trademarked name that exists, you have a TLD to put
it in.
No one seems to know how many TLDs are necessary in order to make the
TM interests feel secure that their marks are protected. Also, the TM
interests do not seem happy at the prospect of being forced to
register in multiple TLDs (possibly paying inflated prices from
cybersquatters) to protect their marks.
I *personally* (just speaking for myself) believe that foo.tld1 and
foo.tld2 are not "the same." This is one of the explicit purposes for
while DNS was designed. But it looks to me as if the TM interests
have gained a fair amount of political influence in this matter.
Let's assume that ICANN decided to open up the roots to as many TLDs
as technology allows, and also relax all the rules on registrations,
so basically anyone who had the money could register a name. (A
totally deregulated environment.) Would the TM interests accept this
ruling or would they attempt to fight it in a higher "court"? Is this
decision ultimately going to be decided based on politics or not?
> FIrst, bandwidth is becoming less and less of a concern and second
> processing speed in increasing nearly doubling every 11 months
> or so.
But the Internet is growing at that rate also. Technology is keeping
pace with growth, but not outpacing it. The scaling problems still
remain a concern.
--gregbo
