[IFWP] Fwd: Reflections on NSI- A week later

1999-03-29 Thread Mikki Barry
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 15:30:55 -0500 From: "Harold Feld" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reflections on NSI- A week later Mime-Version: 1.0 Mikki, can you please froward. Well, it's been a week now, and I'll venture my own take. I haven't gotten any NSI money yet, although

Re: [IFWP] Re: [dnsproc-en] Re: Domain Names are property, says court

1999-03-29 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 07:02 PM 3/28/99 -0800, Bill Lovell wrote: At 04:53 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote: Bill Lovell a écrit: ICANN is saying that as soon as I tell one of the registrars what that name is, and tell them I want to park it there, then the ownership of that domain name transmogrifies over to ICANN?

Re: [IFWP] Re: [dnsproc-en] Re: Domain Names are property, says court

1999-03-29 Thread Einar Stefferud
Call signs have much of the same character as DNS names, in that they may not be used in conflict by two different Electro Magnetic Signa Transmitters. But, this has nothing to do with whether or not the call sign registrant owns some intellectual property in connection with the Call Sign

[IFWP] Spam from NSI: Notification of Changes to Network Solutions' WebSite

1999-03-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 01:26:51 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Notification of Changes to Network Solutions' Web Site Precedence: Bulk Dear Valued Customer: This is to inform you that changes are taking place at Network Solutions' Web site. When you

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Bill Lovell
At 10:29 PM 3/28/99 -0500, you wrote: I am reluctant to describe legal concepts to a legal scholar, but maybe you can keep me on track. Well, I'm not the most you ever saw on internet techie stuff either, so welcome to the club! As I understand it, whenever someone has rights to something,

[IFWP] Re: Is the ROOT really onwable? Was: Re: [bwg-n-friends] FORW: ORSC estoppel confusion...

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Stef and all, Well I see that this subject matter has come yet again. Lets see if we can handle it this time in some sort of coherent manner together. So in that sprit, I will start off, with some comments to Stefs observations/comments. (See below)... Einar Stefferud wrote: Subject: Is

Re: [IFWP] Re: [dnsproc-en] Re: Domain Names are property, says court

1999-03-29 Thread Bill Lovell
At 08:28 PM 3/28/99 -0800, you wrote: Call signs have much of the same character as DNS names, in that they may not be used in conflict by two different Electro Magnetic Signa Transmitters. But, this has nothing to do with whether or not the call sign registrant owns some intellectual property

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Bill and all, Bill Lovell wrote: At 09:13 PM 3/28/99 +, you wrote: Jay, Bill and all, It appears that there is again some need to clarify terms with respect to Registrar, Registry, and Registrant as they relate to property rights and ownership. So if I may be so bold I will

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Bill and all, Bill Lovell wrote: At 10:29 PM 3/28/99 -0500, you wrote: I am reluctant to describe legal concepts to a legal scholar, but maybe you can keep me on track. Well, I'm not the most you ever saw on internet techie stuff either, so welcome to the club! As I understand it,

Re: [IFWP] NTIA

1999-03-29 Thread Michael Sondow
Bill Lovell a écrit: Just back from the coast and find: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/dotusagenda.htm That meeting took place on March 9, Bill. :)

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Bill Lovell
At 01:28 AM 3/29/99 +, you wrote: Bill and all, Bill Lovell wrote: At 09:13 PM 3/28/99 +, you wrote: Jay, Bill and all, It appears that there is again some need to clarify terms with respect to Registrar, Registry, and Registrant as they relate to property rights and ownership.

Re: [IFWP] NTIA

1999-03-29 Thread Bill Lovell
At 03:36 AM 3/29/99 -0500, you wrote: Bill Lovell a écrit: Just back from the coast and find: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/dotusagenda.htm That meeting took place on March 9, Bill. :) What's that ad that says "I KNOW THAT!" Point is, I had not seen anything that linked to

Re: [IFWP] Re: [dnsproc-en] Re: Domain Names are property, says court

1999-03-29 Thread Michael Sondow
Einar Stefferud a écrit: So, there is room for a very clean contract between the registrant and the registrar to the effect that for a fee, the registry will "advertise" the registered name for the purpose of resolving the DNS name to various data that are entered into the Registry database

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Bill and all, Bill Lovell wrote: At 01:28 AM 3/29/99 +, you wrote: Bill and all, Bill Lovell wrote: At 09:13 PM 3/28/99 +, you wrote: Jay, Bill and all, It appears that there is again some need to clarify terms with respect to Registrar, Registry, and Registrant as

[IFWP] Re: FCN ABANDONS CENTRAL DNS

1999-03-29 Thread Bob Allisat
Adam Rothschild wrote: Quite frankly, I think FCN would be best off keeping central DNS, and abandoning Bob Allisat. FCN is a two person operation. We have come to the conclusion separately that pursuing any central DNS solution only makes us a part of the problem. We are forced into

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Kent Crispin
On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 11:48:19PM -0800, Bill Lovell wrote: [...] In short, the letter code that defines some subset of the nearly infinite domain name space, whether that letter code be "per" or anything else, should be set by international agreement and freely available to every

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jay Fenello
At 11:10 AM 3/29/99 , Kent Crispin wrote: Bill, you should know by now that Jay continuously and knowingly spreads disinformation about the MoU and about ICANN. For example, in his message "Power Politics and the New Internet Order" he wrote about the MoU as follows: "It would have established

[IFWP] 'Ownership' of the name space

1999-03-29 Thread Craig McTaggart
Kent Crispin wrote: snip Neither the gTLD-MoU (note, by the way the "gTLD" part of the name), nor ICANN, claim "ownership" of the name space, and the very notion is almost totally meaningless. Precisely. But there's a lot of other people who disagree. Using certain characters as a

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 08:10 AM 3/29/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 11:48:19PM -0800, Bill Lovell wrote: [...] In short, the letter code that defines some subset of the nearly infinite domain name space, whether that letter code be "per" or anything else, should be set by international

[IFWP] .CA Internet Registration Authority

1999-03-29 Thread Kerry Miller
http://www.canarie.ca/cdncc/main.html (www.cira.ca is only a redirection page at present) Public Consultation On The Administration Of The Canadian Internet Domain Name .CA By The Canadian Domain Name Consultative Committee. "... All admissible comments received electronically will be

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Bob Allisat
Roeland Meyer writes: + and is precisely what was wrong with it. It left NO room for + privately controlled TLDs. In fact this presumes to have ownership + control in gTLD-MoU hands. A chartered TLD that limits membership can + not operate under such a mode. Registrars *must* be qualified

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
Hello Bob, I do not think we are in radical disagreement here. You do what you want with your space and I'll do what I want with mine. However, if someone wants to play in my space then they do so on my terms. If I build a large space, on my efforts, and a lot of people want to pay to play then

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jay Fenello
At 02:48 AM 3/29/99 , Bill Lovell wrote: Now, before we begin a debate over exactly what those property rights are, please realize that the problem is recursive. The Root zone relates to a gTLD zone the same way a gTLD zone relates to an SLD zone, etc., ad infinitum. So, before you claim that

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 12:02:59PM -0500, Jay "Big Lie" Fenello wrote: At 11:10 AM 3/29/99 , Kent Crispin wrote: Bill, you should know by now that Jay continuously and knowingly spreads disinformation about the MoU and about ICANN. For example, in his message "Power Politics and the New

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Bob Allisat
Kent Crispin writes: I try to avoid dealing with your happy smears and smiling "Big Lie" propaganda, but sometimes I just can't stand it anymore. Another memorable quote. More fun than a barrrel full of Metzgers! Bob Allisat Free Community Network ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ http://fcn.net

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Bob Allisat
Roeland Meyer writes: I do not think we are in radical disagreement here. You do what you want with your space and I'll do what I want with mine. However, if someone wants to play in my space then they do so on my terms. If I build a large space, on my efforts, and a lot of people want

Re: [IFWP] Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Kerry and all, Kerry Miller wrote: Jeff, 1.) The REGISTRY- Owns the database for those gTLD's that are contained within that database(s). 2.) The REGISTRAR- Owns the data for a particular registered DN to which that registrar registered for any particular Registrant as

Re: [IFWP] Re: Public use of new gTLDs

1999-03-29 Thread Sam Hayes Merritt, III
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Bob Allisat wrote: Hm ... I was thinking similar thoughts about Jeff Williams, Sam Hayes Merritt, III, Frank Rizzo ^^ and *you*, good Herr Doctor. Placing unwanted, unecessary and definately unethical strains on

Re: [IFWP] Re: Public use of new gTLDs

1999-03-29 Thread Bob Allisat
This is called blowing a gasket. Then again if I were just told I do not exist and did not have such a healthy sense of self I might be prone to flipping out myself. BTW nice resume "Sam". Must have taken *hours* to create. And I won't be taking your unique physiological data storage

Re: [IFWP] Re: [dnsproc-en] Re: Domain Names are property, says court

1999-03-29 Thread Greg Skinner
Einar Stefferud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Call signs have much of the same character as DNS names, in that they may not be used in conflict by two different Electro Magnetic Signa Transmitters. But, this has nothing to do with whether or not the call sign registrant owns some intellectual

Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the New Internet Order

1999-03-29 Thread Michael Sondow
Kent Crispin a écrit: On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 11:48:19PM -0800, Bill Lovell wrote: [...] In short, the letter code that defines some subset of the nearly infinite domain name space, whether that letter code be "per" or anything else, should be set by international agreement and

[IFWP] Fwd: Goods or Services?

1999-03-29 Thread Mikki Barry
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:46:15 -0500 From: "Harold Feld" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Goods or Services? Mime-Version: 1.0 Mikki, please forward. O.K., let me toss out a different suggestion. A registry provides a service. It therefore has the right to set the terms of

Re: [netz] Re: [IFWP] then ICANN is in the fire

1999-03-29 Thread Jeff Williams
Greg and all, Gregbo, very good comparison here with the long term Water problem in the LA area with the ICANN and its pathetic and anal retentive VERY few supporters such as David Crocker, AKA "The Crock", aka "Doctor Spin" and Kent Crispin, AKA "Crispy Crispin", (most likely derived from

RE: [IFWP] Re: Public use of new gTLDs

1999-03-29 Thread Marsh, Miles (Gene)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. Lisse, Just as it is YOU who makes the dicision, it is OTHERS who will (and have) decided to follow an alternative DNS root structure. Lack of appropriate action by ICANN and others will not stop that appropriate action. Gene Marsh Diebold