Re: [IFWP] use of domain name, and infringement

[Kim Hubbard]

At 01:34 PM 5/25/99 -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote:

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>Any somebody needs to award Tony Gomes a medal for keeping his temper
>(and doing a fine job) in what must be one of the most stressful contexts
>to be found on the net.

That's Chuck Gomes...or was that a freudian slip ;-)
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>So, despite my tone, there is much to admire in NSI.  As a
>business/marketing operation, it is top rate.

Ok, you're forgiven :-)
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>And I don't object to its being pushy with the government - that's the
>perogotive of for-profit companies, to be pushy.  In fact, the
>shareholders deserve it.
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>What irks me is the notion that NSI made an "investment" that justifies it
>in obtaining permanent control of the root zone, the main commercial TLDs,
>and the contact database.
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>The entraprenural part irks me because most folks on whom I'd hang that
>label have put their own personal assets at risk, have had to make
>the payroll, etc, without a safety net.

Well, NSI was in business long before they were involved in domain registration
so they probably can claim to be entrepreneurs, even if not in domain
registrations.  I just don't think it's an important enough issue to get
all worked up over.

Kim

 
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