Dan and all,
Dan Steinberg wrote:
> Strong agreement with call.
> If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, let's call it property.
>
> To me, the more important question is 'what kind of property (if any)
> is a domain name?'
> That's the $64,000 question.
I think we have had this discussion before. I believe the general
definition is that a domain name is 'Intellectual Property".
>
>
> Karl Auerbach wrote:
> >
> > > Um, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in which I practice
> > > tells me that trademarks are not property, I listen, and I don't
> > > much give a rip about what academia says.
> >
> > Cite?
> >
> > I don't really care whether the word "property" is attached to that
> > particular form of "intellectual property" created under both Federal and
> > State laws and which we call trade and service marks.
> >
> > All I care about is that whatever it is, I can license its use under
> > conditions I dictate, I can invoke legal enforcement to keep others from
> > using it, I can borrow money on its market value, and I can transfer my
> > rights, whatever we call them, to another, and so forth.
> >
> > So, perhaps it isn't "property" but it has all the attributes that one
> > normally associates with "property". So, for the sake of convenience, I
> > believe, we can safely use the word "property" without any danger of
> > leading anyone astray. ;-)
> >
> > --karl--
>
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