Kent and all,
True the WORLD doesn't owe me or anyone a Domain name.
But the USG DOES! I know because my tax dollars helped
PAY for the DNS, the Internet as a whole and helps pay for
the privilege for ICANN very existence....
Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 06:58:05PM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> > >Having only one domain name per comany (plus some other restrictions)
> > >has worked rather well in Norway to prevent cybersquatting.
> >
> > Thats one way to do it - at the expense of personal freedoms.
>
> <rant>
> Linking the term "personal freedoms" with domain name policy is, in
> my opinion, a serious trivialization of the notion. It is absolutely
> ludicrous to make the connection. Sometimes companies have sales
> that only allow one item per customer. Sometimes there aren't any
> blue M&Ms in the bag. The world doesn't owe you a living, and it doesn't
> owe you *any* domain names.
>
> Likewise, the idea that domain names represent a significant venue
> for "protected speech" is ridiculous. "microsoftsucks.com" -- it
> *really* doesn't matter if that domain exists or not. There are
> infinite venues available to criticize Microsoft -- it isn't
> necessary to have another one. Having a domain name is really cute
> and faddy, but it is *not* a serious free speech issue. Nor is there
> a "slippery slope" -- venues already exist, and they are not going
> away.
>
> Get real, folks. Kosovo is a personal freedom issue. Tibet is a
> personal freedom issue. Putting domain name policy in the same
> category is a contemptible insult to human intelligence -- fun and
> games for people seriously out of touch with the real world.
> </rant>
>
> > New Zealand has also eliminated cybersquatting, without the
> > onerous dark side.
>
> Tell us about it, Darth.
>
> --
> Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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