Martin and all, (Shaking my head in disbelief at this response) More below Martin's comments... Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: > Dear Canis, Cohen, Cade, Maher: > > Wouldn't you guys agree with me that medical and other services belong to > those who can pay their excessive costs? No I don't think I can agree, nor do I believe the majority of the American Public agree with this either. With somewhere between 35m and 45m people with out medical insurance, and with prolific diseases of various sorts spreading around, and new one cropping up fairly regularly, such a thought is irresponsible and dangerous to all of us that have medical insurance. The same principal applies in part to legal liability insurance that DN Registrants, most especially small business owners, also cannot afford to be without, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that ICANN and the DNSO in particular is attempting to lead the situation down the road where small business cannot even afford to protect their own hard worked interests, due to this same mentality. Not a very good idea as over 50% of the US's GNP is generated through small business today according to GAO figures. > > > btw, I haven't been able to figure out how to make domain names costly. > I've tried expensive litigation and one-sided DRPs, but nothing seems to > work. Can you help? Hummm? Interesting and somewhat skewed view I think here Martin. But than again, you are well known for such views, aren't you? It has already become VERY expensive to resolve some Domain Name disputes and the UDRP has only added to that expense, if not also confused the problem. > > > p.s. Please don't use an open forum like the Internet to reply. We don't > want to wake up the populace. ROFLMAO! Well some might not want to wake up the populace, to be sure! >;) > > > At 04:52 PM 12/16/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Mark C. Langston wrote: > >> > >> Now, what was this about fairness? > > > >It's all a matter of perspective. From the point of view of people > >like Canis, Cohen, Schwimmer, Cade, Maher, etc., "fair" means giving > >to businesses whatever domain names they want, and then perhaps > >allowing others (the rif-raf) to pick from what's left over. Their > >values derive from one fundamental value: that money determines > >right. From that value flows their perspective on domain names as > >well as everything else. > >Aren't these the same people who say that medical and other services > >belong to those who can pay their excessive costs? They haven't been > >able to figure out how to make domain names costly, so they have to > >win their imagined prerogatives some other way, through expensive > >litigation, or one-sided DRPs, or by controlling the allocation of > >names and numbers. > > > >Unfortunately for the rest of us, the U.S. Government, which once > >represented the populace at large and counteracted the manipulations > >of big business, has become the representative of those same special > >interests and is in a real sense against the best interests of the > >populace. The reason that business is getting its way with the > >Internet now is that the populace hasn't yet woken up to that fact. > > > >Michael Sondow > >================================================================= > > "Lawyers come to think of administrative law and the > > administrative process as significant and worthy of study > > only in those areas where private interests think it worth > > their while to demand protection. As a consequence lawyers > > seeking for their clients elaborate procedural protection > > modeled on the judicial process may, in an excess of > > generalizing zeal, induce legislatures, administrative > > agencies, and courts to extend such procedures into areas > > where they are alien and inappropriate." > > -- Jaffe & Nathanson, "Administrative Law" > >================================================================= > > INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INDEPENDENT INTERNET USERS > > http://www.iciiu.org (ICIIU) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Tel(718)846-7482 Fax(603)754-8927 > >================================================================= > > > > > > @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
