Commercial identity on the Internet the next lottery

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

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]