Tom, Roeland and all,
Tom Cottone wrote:
> >What worries me is the potential of an Class E felony on multiple
> >counts. If I had three of such names, innocently created, I would be an
> >instant felon. Talk about "chilling effect" on first amendment rights!
> I
> >am surprised that the ACLU isn't all over it and I haven't recieved an
> >EPIC report on it yet.
>
> What also bothers me is the bashing that goes on regarding
> "cybersquatters and/or speculators". If I register hundreds of common
> words (ie. hamburger.com, hotdog.com, ketchup.com, mustard.com etc) pay
> for these domains and register them only for the sole intent of
> reselling them to the highest bidder, does that make it criminal. These
> domains may have value to a McDonalds or Nathans Famous or even Heinz.
> Does the proposed bill make me a felon because I am looking to sell
> common words for a profit?
>
> Isn't more criminal that our ancestors paid the Indians some trinkets
> for the island of Manhatten (primo real estate).
> If I have a rare baseball card of Mickey Mantle or rare coins, stamps
> etc. is it so wrong to sell these for a large profit over their original
> worth!
> IMHO domain names (of common words not trademarks) are such a commodity.
> If the next hot trend to come along was virtual spouses and I bought the
> domain virtualspouses.com would selling it to a company the specialize
> in virtual spouses be a felony under this bill.
What I see here in this bill is that it is not definitive enough and does
not
take into consideration the history that has taken place to date. Parts
of this bill have merit, but on the whole it needs some revision
(Amendments)
which I understand are being considered. I also must say again, that I
am not too worried about this bill getting past the senate at this point
without considerable revision. But, Tom and Roeland, your points
should be well taken regardless. My question to both of you is, have
you contacted you Congressman/woman or Senator and expressed
personally your concerns and offered some potential revisions? I have.
If you have not, than why not? They work for YOU by the way.
>
>
> Too many loopholes and I hope someone albeit ACLU or anyone else gets on
> the bandwagon soon!
Well have you written them about these problems or tried calling them?
I believe that their DN is www.aclu.org if I am not mistaken....
Here is a link to get you started:
http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/hmcl.html
>
>
> Tom Cottone
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