At 10:18 AM 7/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill Lovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> (2) if I want a domain name, and your contract requires acceptance of some
>> dispute resolution policy, what if I don't want to sign it? If the answer
>> is that
>> I would not then get a domain name, would that not then be an unenforceable
>> contract of adhesion? Put another way, since web pages are the new, cool
>> way of self expression, would not such a contract requirement interfere
with
>> my right of expression in unconstitutional ways?
>
>It is not required to have a domain name to be on the Internet.
>Therefore (IANAL), refusal to sign any contract resulting in not
>getting a requested domain name would not interfere with your
>constitutional freedom of expresion. (In fact, I do not have a
>domain name [of the form something.tld or something.sld.cctld], and
>yet I was able to express myself in this message just fine.)
>
>--gregbo
>
True, but it doesn't change the issue. What if I want to be a cool
dude and put up pretty pictures of my dog and cat? Can't do that
by email, nor can I even make my communications instantly
accessible around the world. (Without this list, for example, your
note would be readable only by me.)
Bill
