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Commercial identity on the Internet the next lottery
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 14:53:44 -0400
Date: 15 Aug 94 11:05:05 EDT From: "Mich Kabay [NCSA Sys_Op]" <75300.3232 () compuserve com> Subject: Commercial identity on the Internet [Source: Address for Success: Internet Name Game; Individuals Snap Up Potentially Valuable Corporate E-Mail IDs, By Stewart Ugelow, *The Washington Post*, 11 Aug 1994, PGN abstracting from MK abstracting] Jim Cashel has registered at least 17 E-mail addresses, including esquire.com, hertz.com, trump.com. Registration applications are honored in the order of their requests. If YOUR name has already been taken, you can choose another name, or you can buy the rights, or you can try legal proceedings. Adam Curry is being sued for registering mtc.com. Also registered are names such as coke.com, nasdaq.com, and windows.com. However, the laws are as yet unclear on net addresses. [This RISKS item should not be construed as an invitation to run out and get into the name-registering lottery. PGN]
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