Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

[William X. Walsh]

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:23:51 -0400, "Diane Cabell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>The .us registrations are still free, I believe.

Forth level registrations under city.state.us are not all free. Many
if not most are now charging anywhere from $5 to $25 a year.

And this does nothing to address usability issues of such a long drawn
out, and unmemorable namespace.


>Diane Cabell
>http://www.mama-tech.com
>Fausett, Gaeta & Lund
>Boston
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>> >   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....
>>
>> Why does the USG owe you or anyone else a domain name?  There was nothing
>> in the original DARPA charters (that I am aware of) that guaranteed
>taxpayers
>> anything.
>>
>> Furthermore, there are lots of domain names available.  Even under .com,
>> .net, or .org.
>>
>> --gregbo
>>


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William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
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"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear." 
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)