Hello Bob,
I do not think we are in radical disagreement here. You do what you want
with your space and I'll do what I want with mine. However, if someone
wants to play in my space then they do so on my terms. If I build a large
space, on my efforts, and a lot of people want to pay to play then it is my
benefit and my reward for building the space. If others want to help me
build my space better/larger/cheaper then I can accept that help, on *my*
terms, and it still remains *my* space, just as your space remains your
space. We both feel that anyone trying to tell us what we can do, with our
respective spaces, can go PUAR.
At 02:22 PM 3/29/99 -0500, Bob Allisat wrote:
>
>Roeland Meyer writes:
>+ .... and is precisely what was wrong with it. It left NO room for
>+ privately controlled TLDs. In fact this presumes to have ownership
>+ control in gTLD-MoU hands. A chartered TLD that limits membership can
>+ not operate under such a mode. Registrars *must* be qualified to
>+ register within such a TLD and denial of registrar capability/
>+ privileges are a requirement for the enforcement of this. Otherwise,
>+ gTLDs are useless. This removes a primary control mechanism from a
>+ trademarked gTLD and may, in fact, be an illegal restriction.
>
> Whether controlled by the dreaded but mercifully
> defunct gTLD-MoU or private, corporate hands the
> interests of citizens are *not* served but rather
> corroded and undermined. Linking computer numbers
> with character sets should be under the control of
> INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS. Niether technocrats nor any
> form of commercial cartel should control our ability
> as people to define our own internet "presences".
>
> I do think any conventional authority is qualified
> to tell other people what is or is not right/wrong,
> appropriate/inappropriate, good/bad in terms of
> mere names. Not to mention number allocation. If
> I want to allocate an IP to every appliance I own
> and call them all varieties of epithets that is
> precisely my business. And precisely no-one elses.
>
> Bob Allisat
>
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