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Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
From: "John A. Tamplin" <jat () liveonthenet com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:14:14 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, David Schwartz wrote:
Surely owning a domain is more like naming a book or magazine article than naming a business. After all, businesses are not the only Internet sites.
Well, that is up for debate (which is why the laws need to be clarified). Personally, I think the name of a website publishing articles is more like the name of a magazine than the title of an article. Ie, if you have www.companiesihate.com and you have an article under that /walmartsucks.html that you publish, the domain name could not infringe on Walmart's trademark and would not be the subject of any action with NSI/etc (of course you might get sued for slander/libel/etc depending on the content of the article). So under that analogy, if a magazine was started up called "Walmart Sucks" I am pretty sure Walmart would go after them and win. If you disagree with that analogy, then we are each entitled to our opinions until the law is clarified. Reminds me of the latter days of Usenet usefulness when the name of a newsgroup was a statement itself rather than any articles posted under it. John A. Tamplin jat () jaet org 770/436-5387 HOME 4116 Manson Ave 770/431-9459 FAX Smyrna, GA 30082-3723
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- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play, (continued)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Scott Gifford (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play John A. Tamplin (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Patrick Greenwell (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play John A. Tamplin (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Charles Sprickman (Mar 07)
- Re: [NANOG] Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Pim van Riezen (Mar 07)
- Re: [NANOG] Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Patrick Greenwell (Mar 08)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Steven J. Sobol (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Shawn McMahon (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play David Schwartz (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play John A. Tamplin (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Charles Sprickman (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Scott Gifford (Mar 08)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Dean Robb (Mar 07)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play David R. Conrad (Mar 06)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Kevin Loch (Mar 06)
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- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Greg Rumple (Mar 06)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Anne Marcel (Mar 06)
- Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play Rodney Joffe (Mar 07)