> Precisely the same thing could be said about *any* measure designed
> to protect a minority -- a minority is a special interest, by
> definition.
For any "constituency" there is an opposite.
For the ying of the constituency of trademark owners there is the yang of
the constituency of those who desire to use names in those areas in which
trademarks do not run, i.e. the legitimate areas not covered by a mark.
For the ying of the constituency of registries offering name registration
services there is the yang of the constituency of those who desire to
register names.
For the ying of the constituency of businesses there is the yang of those
who chose to operate on the net in a non-enterprise, non-profit making
manner (such as schools, churches, etc.)
And yet all those latter constituencies are being ignorred and submerged
by the various proposals.
As such they are fatally flawed, non-representative, biased, not worthy of
even the most fleeting consideration that they meet the objectives
espoused by the White Paper.
--karl--
