IP: Re: CORE FORGES AHEAD WITH INTERNET REGISTRATIONS

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I am passing on Davids comments including his recently normal tone. When an article is reported by the LA Times I and 
others usually assume it is accurate reporting. David seems to expect more from me than he expects from other 
newspapers who pick up the LA Times reports. -- by the way it was an EDUPAGE abstract. 


I pass this on and let the IP readership make their own conclusions


Dave




Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:44:44 +0200
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker () brandenburg com>
Subject: Re: IP: CORE FORGES AHEAD WITH INTERNET REGISTRATIONS


Dave,


It remains unfortunate that you are willing to pass on such entirely bogus
reporting...


For starter, the headline is quite simply false.  Pure and simple, CORE is
not 'forging ahead with registrations'.  The implication that CORE (which
is subject to policy rules set by the POC, as you know) would disregard the
other activities currently underway is, quite simply, willful malice with
no basis in fact.


At 12:30 PM 7/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
> While policy makers and Internet industry officials debate the next steps in
> transferring domain name registration responsibilities to the private
> sector, the Internet Council of Registrars (Core) is moving ahead, and says
> it has already processed more than 40 applications from companies around the
> world.  Core initially planned to limit the number of registrars in order to
> better monitor potential trademark dispute situations, but says it was


That was not the reason an initial set of applications was limited.  It was
limited not by number of registrars but by the timing of their application,
so that CORE could have a stable base of members to start with.  It was
always intended to open applications up again, after CORE was stable.  It
certainly is that, by now.


> persuaded to change its policy when critics charged a small number of
> registrars wouldn't produce the desired level of competition.  "The


"Small"???  88 registrars is small??  Doesn't that seem just a tad silly?


> application process will be ongoing, without deadlines, because we need to
> provide people all over the world with greater choice in both Internet
> addresses and registration services," says Core's executive committee
> chairman.  (Los Angeles Times 20 Jul 98)


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