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

[William X. Walsh]

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:51:23 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote:
>
>> And this does nothing to address usability issues of such a long drawn
>> out, and unmemorable namespace.
>
>I imagine people are able to memorize long names if they want or need to.
>People memorized things like 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'.  For
>that matter, they also seem to be able to get by with things like
>mejac.palo-alto.ca.us.  I fail to see how an SLD is eminently more usable
>than a 3LD, etc.

Greg, they may be usable for some narror purposes, but the simple fact
is that they are not usable in a real commercial setting, and even for
personal use they are difficult and bulky and harder for people to
remember.  Using 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' is probably the
worst analogy I have seen, its memorability is totally unique and for
its own reasons.



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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)