At 03:54 PM 1/22/99 -0800, Bill Lovell wrote:
>At 06:00 PM 1/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> You'll get zero argument from me that NSI's dispute policy is unfair. In
>> fact, DNRC was created as the direct result of NSI's dispute policy. And the
>> expansion of that policy via WIPO is probably going to be even worse than
>> NSI's policy. Between that, and the stated objectives of DNSO.org including
>> "(3) other related subjects, including the relationship between the
rights of
>> trademark owners and the rights of domain name registrants" I am quite
>> concerned that freedom of expression and other important concepts will be
>> left by the wayside in the rush to protect trademark owners' rights at the
>> expense of all else.
>
>Right on all of the above!
>> These issues should be settled by the courts, not by WIPO, not by a
DNSO, not
>> by ICANN, and certainly not by registries or registrars.
>Right again. But how many clients have the money, or names like Interstellar
>Starship
>Services, Ltd., so that gluttons for punishment like me will represent them
>against
>MEGABUCKS, INC. ?
I think that, at least three of us, are in violent agreement here.<grin> It
would seem to me that making the defense of a use easier would be prefered
to reducing cost of offence. The problem, as I see it, is that there are
small trademark-holders too and they also have to be protected. What we
have typically seen are egregious examples of trademark bullying of domain
holders. We have also seen egregious examples of domain-name squatters. At
the moment, it appears that DNS squatters are generally losing the battles
and are nothing more than a minor nuisance. This is not, IMHO, justifiable
cause to let WIPO, or anyone else, practice general DNS censorship. The
remedies abound for after the fact protection. There is no need for prior
restraint activities.
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