Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection A ct

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 02:16 AM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote: >>While TMs are the big money thing here, there are other rights to >>names, as well. For example, I have a right to use the name >>"Crispin", in certain contexts. There are many others with a similar >>right to the name. It is not possible to prioritize amo

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 10:25 PM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote: > >> Ah, the answer: Mr. Kent Crispin has been caught out blathering legal >> nonsense, >> and is looking either to find a scapegoat or change the subject. > >The legal stuff I was referring to came from Mr Craig McTaggart, on >July 3: > Gotcha! NOW Mr. Kent

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 07:10:32PM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > >That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain > >names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. > > That way there be dragons. I'm no fan of domain speculation > but if somebody offered me a million dollars

Re: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 11:47 PM 7/5/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Hey, you engineering wonks had first shot at the naming policy. It just >didn't take US law into account so now we overbearing know-it-alls have to >come in and clean up the mess. > >Diane Cabell >http://www.mama-tech.com >Fausett, Gaeta & Lund >Boston > H

[IFWP] ICANN - Another interesting article

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
All,   Andy posted this on the IDNO list.  I thought others might find it rather interesting and reveling. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/07/05/BU90199.DTL Interesting excerpts of note: `ICANN is a mushy, disorganized hodgepodge of an organ

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection A ct

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Gene and all, I believe personally, that the optimum word for many on this list is jealousy Gene Marsh wrote: > Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 11:17:27 PM: > > > > > >A proposed solution to the "cybersquatting" problem Mr. Crispin raised > >(one > > >person registering tons of gene

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Diane and all, I can agree that there should be some "high Water mark" on how many DN's and individual should be able to register in any given span or defined span of time. The big problem with doing this is who, and how is this determined so as to be reasonable, and than what is truly conside

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Diane and all, I believe also that the IESG also has some say in this procedure as well. Diane Cabell wrote: > >Gene Marsh wrote: > > > > Greg, > > > > Agreed, or even better, a coordinating entity that examines, discusses > and > > recommends competitive root and registry systems. It's like

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Bill and all, Bill, good points here and well put. Kent Crispin's many attempts at legal expertise are terribly blatant, as this one that you elude to is as well. His mischaracterization of others an others positions in an obvious attempt to discredit them, also is well known on this and othe

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection A ct

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>While TMs are the big money thing here, there are other rights to >names, as well. For example, I have a right to use the name >"Crispin", in certain contexts. There are many others with a similar >right to the name. It is not possible to prioritize among us, so >first come first serve is a re

[IFWP] Re: ISOC, or ICANN?

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Graig and all, I am glad that you apologized to Tony. Now, what you last two post, including this one are indeed very interesting and somewhat thought provoking and seem to run contrary to many others experience with the ISOC over the past 3 years. In fact, so much so that one has to wonder

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection A ct

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:43:44AM -0500, Gene Marsh wrote: > >There are no laws to prevent one person from amassing 200 un-trademarked > >generic domain names which was the scenario presented in the discussion. > >The discussion, as I understand it, concerns whether or not there should > >be. > >

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 08:55:18PM -0700, Bill Lovell wrote: [...] > >but that a straight sale is not possible. Bill Lovell, who claims to > >be an IP attorney of distinction, > > Why is it that some people cannot carry on a purportedly intelligent > discourse without sticking in disparaging r

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN - William Walsh in need of treatments for Paranoid behavior problems?

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
William and all, Yes william there are, and you should resume your treatments as soon a possible. Please take your medication William X. Walsh wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:44:00 -0400, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > >> > >> Do you have an

Re: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 23:47:36 -0400, "Diane Cabell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - >From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM >Subject: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity > > >> Here's a good one. Zenith watches, in

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>I could stand education on why it is so critical to have a separate >registration for taurus.com. That can be argued either way, nut no matter that's a specific instanc and is more or less irrelevant. In the general case a single name ontology will always loose to a more free one. -- [EMAIL PRO

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 00:36:54 -0400, "Diane Cabell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >There are no laws to prevent one person from amassing 200 un-trademarked >> >generic domain names which was the scenario presented in the discussion. >> >The discussion, as I understand it, concerns whether or not

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) ProtectionAct

1999-07-05 Thread Mikki Barry
>I could stand education on why it is so critical to have a separate >registration for taurus.com. So the astrologers can't have it, of course. Wouldn't want anyone diluting your trademark now would you? Consumers might become confused and ask their cars to do today's horoscope or something.

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Gene Marsh
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 11:24:46 PM: > > >Gene Marsh wrote: > > By no means do I believe the IETF is a "perfect" model. It has plenty of >flaws. However, it works and is open. ICANN could certainly learn worlds >from their approach. > >[your turn!] > >Being an IETF doofus myself,

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
> >There are no laws to prevent one person from amassing 200 un-trademarked > >generic domain names which was the scenario presented in the discussion. > >The discussion, as I understand it, concerns whether or not there should > >be. > > A person can have hundreds of trademarks but only one doma

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Gene Marsh
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 11:17:27 PM: > > >A proposed solution to the "cybersquatting" problem Mr. Crispin raised >(one > >person registering tons of generic words and jacking up the price for >the > >"real" users). This is the solution that some ccTLDs have used. > > There are laws

Re: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
> > Trademark law is seriosuly broken and stupid sometimes. Absolutely! Join the Berkman Center Open Law revolution. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Help stamp out overextended intellectual property laws! > > >> I think if trademark lawyers are defining the DNS then it's > >> only fair plan that n

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
> >Gene Marsh wrote: > > By no means do I believe the IETF is a "perfect" model. It has plenty of flaws. However, it works and is open. ICANN could certainly learn worlds from their approach. [your turn!] Being an IETF doofus myself, I may be misremembering, but I thought that the IAB had to

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 12:17 AM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote: > >> >A proposed solution to the "cybersquatting" problem Mr. Crispin raised >(one >> >person registering tons of generic words and jacking up the price for >the >> >"real" users). This is the solution that some ccTLDs have used. >> >> There are laws to deal w

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
> >A proposed solution to the "cybersquatting" problem Mr. Crispin raised (one > >person registering tons of generic words and jacking up the price for the > >"real" users). This is the solution that some ccTLDs have used. > > There are laws to deal with this... there are laws to deal with this.

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 10:37:57 PM: > >- Original Message - >From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM >Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection >Act > > > > Why not one-domai

Re: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>> Here's a good one. Zenith watches, in Switzerland, makes the most >> accurate mechanical watches known. Rolex uses a de-tuned (God nows why) >> Zenith movement in their high end chrongraph. ("Daytona"). >> >> Samsung bought American company Zenith, and although they havn't >> made a watch, ever

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Gene Marsh
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 10:58:21 PM: > >Gene Marsh wrote: > > Greg, > > Agreed, or even better, a coordinating entity that examines, discusses >and > recommends competitive root and registry systems. It's like having 10 > million square miles of open land, and fighting over one squa

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>> > Why not one-domain-per-customer? >> >> Why ? > >A proposed solution to the "cybersquatting" problem Mr. Crispin raised (one >person registering tons of generic words and jacking up the price for the >"real" users). This is the solution that some ccTLDs have used. There are laws to deal wit

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
>Gene Marsh wrote: > > Greg, > > Agreed, or even better, a coordinating entity that examines, discusses and > recommends competitive root and registry systems. It's like having 10 > million square miles of open land, and fighting over one square block. > >To whom would it recommend root and regi

Re: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
- Original Message - From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM Subject: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity > Here's a good one. Zenith watches, in Switzerland, makes the most > accurate mechanical watches known. Rolex uses a de-tuned

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Gene Marsh
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 10:37:57 PM: > >- Original Message - >From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM >Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection >Act > > > > Why not one-domain-

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:32:31PM -0400, Diane Cabell wrote: [...] > > > > > >So they put up 200 nearly blank web pages. How would you then define > what is a > > >legitimate use and what is not? > > > > Maybe putting up blank web pages would be enough -- I don't know, > > and I don't think it r

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread skritch
On 5 July 1999, "Diane Cabell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >- Original Message - >From: Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 06:46:50PM -0400, Diane Cabell wrote: >> > > >> > > But if someone registers 200 common words for resale, that s

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
- Original Message - From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act > > Why not one-domain-per-customer? > > Why ? A proposed solution to the "cybersq

[IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 06:35 PM 7/5/99 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote: Note: This is being sent again; I want to make sure it hits the IFWP list. Bill Lovell >On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 05:39:50PM -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: >> I have not been reading this all as carefully as I should, so forgi

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
- Original Message - From: Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 06:46:50PM -0400, Diane Cabell wrote: > > > > > > But if someone registers 200 common words for resale, that should > > > not be protected. It is not only denying access to comm

[IFWP] ISOC's 1995 Master Plan for Controling DNS published below

1999-07-05 Thread Gordon Cook
Connecting ICANN and ISOC: ISOC's 1995 Master Plan for Controling DNS The line of direct connection between ISOC, DON Heath, Vint Cerf and ICANN has been pretty apparent to most ICANN watchers for quite a long while. Consider the cast of characters. ISOC, known as the Internet Society, which p

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Gene Marsh
Hi Diane Cabell, you wrote on 7/5/99 4:01:13 PM: > > >Gene Marsh wrote: > > Greg, > > Agreed, or even better, a coordinating entity that examines, discusses and > recommends competitive root and registry systems. It's like having 10 > million square miles of open land, and fighting over one squa

Re: [IFWP] Re: Lou Gerstner, etc

1999-07-05 Thread Craig McTaggart
Greg Skinner wrote: > Kerry Miller wrote: > > > Since whether a 'technical' structure can swing that seems to be > > a very dubious proposition, the central argument for ICANNs > > existence is thus demolished: shouldnt the whole 'experiment' > > therefore be handed back to the folks who set it u

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
> Why not one-domain-per-customer? Why ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] "They were of a mind to govern us and we were of a mind to govern ourselves."

[IFWP] Trademark Stupidity

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Here's a good one. Zenith watches, in Switzerland, makes the most accurate mechanical watches known. Rolex uses a de-tuned (God nows why) Zenith movement in their high end chrongraph. ("Daytona"). Samsung bought American company Zenith, and although they havn't made a watch, ever, the trademark c

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 06:46:50PM -0400, Diane Cabell wrote: > > > > But if someone registers 200 common words for resale, that should > > not be protected. It is not only denying access to commercial users > > who might want the name, it is denying access to non-commercial > > users just as muc

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:31:50 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> However, I agree with the original statement if it was >>> intended to convey that the idea was that if you registered a domain name >>> [...] that you were estab

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> However, I agree with the original statement if it was >> intended to convey that the idea was that if you registered a domain name >> [...] that you were establishing a reference to some set of network resources >> associated with the name. > No

[IFWP] Re: Lou Gerstner, etc

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
Kerry Miller wrote: > Since whether a 'technical' structure can swing that seems to be > a very dubious proposition, the central argument for ICANNs > existence is thus demolished: shouldnt the whole 'experiment' > therefore be handed back to the folks who set it up? Assuming, of course, that th

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>I wouldn't go so far as to say that domain names shouldn't be sold, or >transferred, etc. However, I agree with the original statement if it was >intended to convey that the idea was that if you registered a domain name >(or arpanet or uucp host name, or whatever) that you were establishing >a r

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
> Hel, it was to replace hosts.txt. That was not the only reason DNS was created. I'm surprised you would claim otherwise, seeing as you were around at its original creation.

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
>> That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain >> names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. > That way there be dragons. I'm no fan of domain speculation > but if somebody offered me a million dollars for vrx.net > I'd find a new domain pretty damn quick. I wouldn't go

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 05:06 PM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote: >"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Greg Skinner wrote: > >>> It should also be pointed out that a major reason for the development >>> of DNS was to eliminate some of the arcane email addressing systems, >>> for the purpose of making things si

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Skinner wrote: >> It should also be pointed out that a major reason for the development >> of DNS was to eliminate some of the arcane email addressing systems, >> for the purpose of making things simpler for users. > Not even close. I say th

[IFWP] Re: Lou Gerstner, etc

1999-07-05 Thread Kerry Miller
> > It sucks, but the com/net/org domains have become what the public thinks of > as the Internet. It's stupid, and there is absolutely no technical, legal > or logical reason for it, but it's a fact. Its a fact only because the marketing honchos who burst onto the 'open' Internet circa 1993

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:10:32 -0400 (EDT), "Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain >>names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. > >That way there be dragons. I'm no fan of domain speculation >but if somebody offered me

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain >names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. That way there be dragons. I'm no fan of domain speculation but if somebody offered me a million dollars for vrx.net I'd find a new domain pretty damn quick. Once you saying what do

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:46:50 -0400, Diane Cabell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Kent Crispin wrote: > >> That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain >> names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. If someone does a >> non-commercial site at "catsup.com" that, in my view,

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
Kent Crispin wrote: > That is not what I intended to convey. The basic idea is that domain > names are there to be *used*, not *sold*. If someone does a > non-commercial site at "catsup.com" that, in my view, should be > strongly protected, and the site owner should be able to thumb their > n

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 18:44:00 -0400, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Patrick Greenwell a écrit: >> >> Do you have any objective refutation of the statements in my original >> response? > >Surely you can see how ridiculous this is, Patrick. I know you're no >"CORE lover". But you're so

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Michael Sondow
Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > Do you have any objective refutation of the statements in my original > response? Surely you can see how ridiculous this is, Patrick. I know you're no "CORE lover". But you're so intent on throwing mud in my face that you actually became a CORE apologist. As a matt

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 01:28 PM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:13:28PM -0700, Bill Lovell wrote: >> > >> This comment exhibits the mind set of assuming that all domain name >> registrations involve businesses, or at least providers of goods or services >> of some kind, as would be the case with

Re: [IFWP] Have a great Independance Day Evening (July 4th)

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:28:26 -0700, "Christopher Ambler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We are having our annual Fireworks Display here at my place over >> my little lake (48 acres) and smoking off about $150k worth for >> employees and family. So I am looking forward to it! > >As a paid pyrotec

Re: [IFWP] Have a great Independance Day Evening (July 4th)

1999-07-05 Thread Christopher Ambler
> We are having our annual Fireworks Display here at my place over > my little lake (48 acres) and smoking off about $150k worth for > employees and family. So I am looking forward to it! As a paid pyrotechnician (just coming off of a 3-day setup/teardown of a Seattle show), I find this highly

[IFWP] Governments will control domain names and addresses, Twomey threatens

1999-07-05 Thread Michael Sondow
Sydney Morning Herald, July 1999 Net dispute: Govt may step in "Governments will end up taking control of the distribution of Internet addresses if the Internet industry cannot resolve its differences, according to Dr Paul Twomey, the Australian head of an international body set up to study th

[IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Michael and all, Thank you Michael. However I already informed Poor Kent or this FACT! Unfortunately he seems to be of the opinion that his legal knowledge is superior... Interesting thought, that... Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: > I have not been reading this all as car

[IFWP] Re: ISOC, or ICANN?

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Kent and all, Now Kent, is not DOn heath the head of the ISOC? And as such shouldn't he at least KNOW about these events? And if he does not, than wouldn't it seem that he is not doing his job properly? In other words, not knowing is NOT and excuse. Kent Crispin wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05,

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Kent and all, I could not agree more with your argument Kent. The same can be said for the ICANN's "Accreditation Policy" as well and the WIPO "Final Report" Recomendations... They are all variances of the same theme... Kent Crispin wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:13:28PM -0700, Bill Lo

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Diane Cabell
Gene Marsh wrote: > Greg, > > Agreed, or even better, a coordinating entity that examines, discusses and > recommends competitive root and registry systems. It's like having 10 > million square miles of open land, and fighting over one square block. To whom would it recommend root and registr

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Gordon and all, I would say more to the point, lord help ESTI! >;) Gordon Cook wrote: > >So BTW the job is on the road with first the test bed registrar, this will > >open the competition at the registrars level and secondly the DNSO will > >draft recommendations to the ICANN board on how to

Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:13:28PM -0700, Bill Lovell wrote: > > > This comment exhibits the mind set of assuming that all domain name > registrations involve businesses, or at least providers of goods or services > of some kind, as would be the case with trademarks. I do not have such a mindset.

[IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Bill Lovell
At 10:11 AM 7/5/99 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote: >On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 12:11:25PM -0400, Tom Cottone wrote: >> What also bothers me is the bashing that goes on regarding >> "cybersquatters and/or speculators". If I register hundreds of common >> words (ie. hamburger.com, hotdog.com, ketchup.com,

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 15:50:26 -0400, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Gordon Cook a écrit: >> >> Michael, *PLEASE* get a hold of yourself. > >Why don't you get a hold of YOURSELF, Gordon? First you accuse Jim >Dixon and me of having a fight when we're just conversing, and now >you berat

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 15:56:41 -0400, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Patrick Greenwell a écrit: >> >> But I prefer to maintain accuracy when I make assertions. > >I see. So you are the arbiter of the truth. Well, I didn't know >that. I humbly beg your pardon, Lord Greenwell. > >> You d

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Sondow wrote: > Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > > > But I prefer to maintain accuracy when I make assertions. > > I see. So you are the arbiter of the truth. Well, I didn't know > that. I humbly beg your pardon, Lord Greenwell. Michael, Do you have any objective ref

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Michael Sondow
Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > But I prefer to maintain accuracy when I make assertions. I see. So you are the arbiter of the truth. Well, I didn't know that. I humbly beg your pardon, Lord Greenwell. > You do a great disservice to those > that you are attempting to aid by your continued attack

RE: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Gordon Cook
>So BTW the job is on the road with first the test bed registrar, this will >open the competition at the registrars level and secondly the DNSO will >draft recommendations to the ICANN board on how to put in place new >registries. So we are on the way. > on the way to what? jean michel a new mo

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Michael Sondow
Gordon Cook a écrit: > > Michael, *PLEASE* get a hold of yourself. Why don't you get a hold of YOURSELF, Gordon? First you accuse Jim Dixon and me of having a fight when we're just conversing, and now you berate me for replying honestly to Patrick Greenwell's rather traitorous post (traitorous t

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 10:33 AM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:44:51AM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote: >> >> If the names council was 80% ORSC people I'd scream saying it was unbalanced >> and nobody would take it seriously. The bylaws, as implemented, fail to >> prevent capture by a single org

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>My general opinion is that for an expert user, the net was only >slightly less useful or usable. (The challenge back then was to >figure out ways to get your email through quickly and consistently.) >If you were able to do that you were looked upon as an email guru. >Things were much more confus

[IFWP] Re: Speculation (was Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act) - Questions

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:34:47 +0200, Jean-Michel Becar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear Collegues, > >This is my first Email in this list as I'm completely new in this process. >I'm working for ETSI and I'm in charge like was Roberto Gaetano before he >left us (I deeply regret him, he was my boss f

RE: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jean-Michel Becar
So BTW the job is on the road with first the test bed registrar, this will open the competition at the registrars level and secondly the DNSO will draft recommendations to the ICANN board on how to put in place new registries. So we are on the way. Jean-Michel Bécar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.e

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:59:53 +0100, Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >William and all, > > Ohhh poor little Willie, you missed the point or gist of Gordons >response as well. He was being sarcastic I believe You believe wrong, as usual. >William X. Walsh wrote: > >> On Mon, 5 Jul

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
William and all, Ohhh poor little Willie, you missed the point or gist of Gordons response as well. He was being sarcastic I believe William X. Walsh wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:24:30 -0400, Gordon Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >Michael, *PLEASE* get a hold of yourself..

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:24:30 -0400, Gordon Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Michael, *PLEASE* get a hold of yourself.. It looked to me like all he >was doing was saying that the ilk of POC, PAB, CORE and the MOUvement had >found some t echnical language in the way their organization was set u

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Gordon Cook
Michael, *PLEASE* get a hold of yourself.. It looked to me like all he was doing was saying that the ilk of POC, PAB, CORE and the MOUvement had found some t echnical language in the way their organization was set up now so that the involvement of umpty nine "mou"ies did not violate the icann

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
William and all, William X. Walsh wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:16:25 +0100, Jeff Williams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >William and all, > > > > I certainly don't see your take on Michaels post at all. It appears > >readily apparent in Michael's post that he was using himself as > >an E

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Patrick and all, Patrick Greenwell wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Sondow wrote: > > > Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > > > > > Doubtlessly you'll scream at me for not agreeing with your assesment. > > > > I sceram at no one. But are you content, then, that the NC is in the > > hands of CORE

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:16:25 +0100, Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >William and all, > > I certainly don't see your take on Michaels post at all. It appears >readily apparent in Michael's post that he was using himself as >an EXAMPLE, not for personal gain or recognition of any kind.

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
William and all, I certainly don't see your take on Michaels post at all. It appears readily apparent in Michael's post that he was using himself as an EXAMPLE, not for personal gain or recognition of any kind. But as we have all learned that YOU William, have a personal problem with Michae

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Michael Sondow wrote: > Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > > > Doubtlessly you'll scream at me for not agreeing with your assesment. > > I sceram at no one. But are you content, then, that the NC is in the > hands of CORE (and ISOC)? Not really. But I prefer to maintain accura

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread William X. Walsh
If there was any doubt about Michael caring more about personal recognition than about the goals he purports to support, let this message below put them to rest. Michael, Patrick said no such thing, and nor is he guilty of any of the charges you hastily posted below. On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 13:50

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Michael Sondow
Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > Doubtlessly you'll scream at me for not agreeing with your assesment. I sceram at no one. But are you content, then, that the NC is in the hands of CORE (and ISOC)? Is this, according to you, the fulfillment of the White Paper's call for self-organization by all st

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Kent and all, Kent Crispin wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:44:51AM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > > > > If the names council was 80% ORSC people I'd scream saying it was unbalanced > > and nobody would take it seriously. The bylaws, as implemented, fail to > > prevent capture by a single

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:44:51AM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > > If the names council was 80% ORSC people I'd scream saying it was unbalanced > and nobody would take it seriously. The bylaws, as implemented, fail to > prevent capture by a single organzation. The bylaws, no matter what they

[IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Tom, Roeland and all, Tom Cottone wrote: > >What worries me is the potential of an Class E felony on multiple > >counts. If I had three of such names, innocently created, I would be an > >instant felon. Talk about "chilling effect" on first amendment rights! > I > >am surprised that the ACLU isn

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Greg Skinner
Jonathan Zittrain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It'd be interesting to see what would happen in a world of multiple > roots--I don't see how anyone can authoritatively predict what would > happen to the internet of today with such things--and I'd hope > ICANN's position would be purely neutral wit

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Richard and all, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > >Hi Michael, > > > >CORE's Articles of Association are available at: > >http://www.corenic.org/about_core/articles.htm. The only officers of the > >organization as far as I can tell are the Executive Committee members. > >Currently, Ken is the only Exc

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > >Hi Michael, > > > >CORE's Articles of Association are available at: > >http://www.corenic.org/about_core/articles.htm. The only officers of the > >organization as far as I can tell are the Executive Committee members. > >Currently, Ken is the only E

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>Hi Michael, > >CORE's Articles of Association are available at: >http://www.corenic.org/about_core/articles.htm. The only officers of the >organization as far as I can tell are the Executive Committee members. >Currently, Ken is the only Excom member holding a position within >the ICANN structure

Re: [IFWP] Re: Thoughts on ICANN

1999-07-05 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Michael Sondow wrote: > You wrote: > > > > Well, the two names council members that are employees of MCI in contravention > > to the bylaws that state no more than one employee of a company may > > be on the names council is the most obvious one. > > While the case of the tw

[IFWP] Re: Of TM-squatters and cybersquatters,was Re: SPeculation (was Anti-cybersquatting

1999-07-05 Thread Jeff Williams
Tom and all, Tom Cottone wrote: > John Gaskill wrote: > > >As I see it, there are some alternatives which > >are presented to us at this time: > > > >1.) Keep on 'postin; > > And we will as this gets our point across. This depends or what and to whom you post too, not to mention if they are