>[As it happens, I don't see why a uniform policy on commercial disputes >involving trademarks is all that urgent, nor part of the technical >functions of ICANN. It's a neccessity because technically, without this, there would not be buy-in from the immesnly powerful trademark lobby. Look at the history: Postel, 1996: 300 new tlds, 150 the first year. IAHC 1997: 7 new tlds. Green paper: 5 new tlds. White paper: ICANN will decide how many. Roberts on www.pc-radio.com: Maybe there shouldn't be any new tlds at all. Decisions have been made, you can all go home, there is no Cabal. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The old man was asked, why were these men and boys willing to stand up to the mightiest army in the world? Was it the taxes on tea and other imports? No, he said. Was it the thinking from all the great books coming from Europe? No, books were rare and precious things which most couldn't afford. Then, he was asked again, WHY? His answer was... "Because they were of a mind to govern us and we were of a mind to govern ourselves."
