[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kerry Miller) wrote:
> As it happens, one can read my 'parodies' in just this light: What
> prevents ICANN from tying registrar certification (say) to the
> requirement that only 'unintelligble' names (say) will be registered
> until such time as an *intelligible TM/DN policy is in place?
Offhand:
There might be some 'intelligible' names registered that no one would
contest. Why should these names not be registerable?
What is 'unintelligible' today might be 'intelligible' tomorrow. Why
artificially constrain the namespace?
There might *never* be an 'intelligible' TM/DN policy. It might
forever be a subject of conflict and debate, as other issues at the
intersection of technology and public policy are. Why make innocent
people suffer indefinitely?
> If such a policy is needed, what *conceptual flaws constrain
> character-set identified ZLDs as its basis?
How do we determine if such a policy is needed? For example, what
happens if people *still* try to trademark octet sequences in the
ZLDs? If that were the case, is it possible that the problem might
lie elsewhere, besides the language that is used to specify domain
names?
Also, in response to David, I think your problem is that you wish to
have direct edit control over the .com zone, at least with regards to
your entry. That is a reasonable thing to ask for; I don't know how
this figures into ICANN's plans. It's probably something you should
ask them directly, or ask NSI under what conditions you could get this
access.
--gregbo
