On 5 July 1999, "Diane Cabell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>From: Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 06:46:50PM -0400, Diane Cabell wrote:
>> > >
>> > > But if someone registers 200 common words for resale, that should
>> > > not be protected. It is not only denying access to commercial users
>> > > who might want the name, it is denying access to non-commercial
>> > > users just as much (if not more, since non-commercial users wouldn't
>> > > be able to pay the speculator).
>> >
>> >So they put up 200 nearly blank web pages. How would you then define
>what is a
>> >legitimate use and what is not?
>>
>> Maybe putting up blank web pages would be enough -- I don't know,
>> and I don't think it really matters too much precisely what the
>> definition is. We drive on the right side of the road. They drive
>> on the left side in other places.
>
>If you don't define "use" any more than putting up a web page, then most
>cybersquatters will simply put up a blank page to fulfil the requirement of
>"use". This doesn't seem to solve the problem of cybersquatting.
Exactly. Let's all please bear in mind that the net is NOT the WWW.
There's enough of that in the public consciousness as it is.
>
>> In any case, haven't there been cases already decided that made this
>> kind of distinction? Isn't there a famous case in England that shot
>> down people who were camping on domain names with the intent to sell?
>> While there are complex issues of judgement and law here, that is why
>> we have courts and juries, isn't it?
>
>There are plenty of cases evicting cybersquatters from domain registrations
>that are identical to (and lately also misspelled versions of) well-known
>trademarks or other protected names. I haven't heard of any cybersquatter
>who has been evicted from registering non-protected names.
>
>> Why not one-domain-per-customer?
>
>Works for me.
>
Doesn't for me. Besides, the only thing these kinds of limits do is
harm the honest potential DN holder. Those who are hell-bent on
bypassing these rules will do so. If in doubt, go stand in line for
any popular ticketed event, the morning tickets go on sale. The
scalpers and about 6-20 of his/her friends and relatives are somehow
right there in the front of the line, eager and able to buy up most
of the decent seats, regardless of the limits imposed by the ticketing
agency and state laws against scalping.
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