>Image Online Design is currently operating the .web(tm) Internet Domain
>Registry,
>under the authority of IANA (granted 31 July, 1996) pending addition to
>the
>Internet Domain Name System. With a lack of indication to the contrary,
>Image Online Design continues to rely upon this authority, and
>anticipates
>addition to the Internet Domain Name System as soon as such additions
>are begun. With the upgrade of Image Online Design's registry system in
>progress, Image Online Design continues to keep pace with technical
>developments, and is prepared to offer registrars the same abilities and
>levels of service that the existing registry currently offers. Image
>Online
>Design is prepared and eager to meet all criteria for registry services
>currently imposed, and/or those which will be imposed in the future.
>
>.Web and The .Web Registry are trademarks of Image Online Design, Inc.
>
>Image Online Design intends to join the following constituencies, for
>the
>following reasons:
>
>ccTLD registries:
>Image Online Design intends to operate underneath a delegated
>second-level
>country code domain before this constituency is formed. An example of
>this
>operation would be Iperdome's .per.nu delegation.
>
>Commercial and business entities:
>Image Online Design is a commercial business entity
>
>gTLD registries:
>Image Online Design is a gTLD registry for the .web top level domain
>
>ISP and connectivity providers:
>Image Online Design also provides connectivity services via strategic
>partners
>
>Non-commercial domain name holders:
>Commercial domain holders:
>.web is offered to both commercial and non-commercial domain holders,
>and Image Online Design has the interests of these customers in mind
>
>Registrars:
>Image Online Design is a registry, and as such, interfaces with
>registrars
>as
>part of its core business
>
>Trademark, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting interests
>Image Online Design is keenly aware of the issues herein, and wishes to
>help solve the problems of trademark, intellectual property and
>counterfeiting if at all possible
>
>Like others, Image Online Design will work with similarly situated
>organizations in an
>attempt to take the best features from any of the plans submitted and
>generate a broader consensus document.
>
>Christopher Ambler
>Posted for any by request of Image Online Design, Inc.
>
>
>
