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Re: ICANN - The Case for Replacing its Management


From: "John Palmer (NANOG Acct)" <nanog () adns net>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:48:53 -0600


So you support limiting TLDs to make lawyer's lives easier?

Now I've heard it all.

----- Original Message -----
From: "BrandonButterworth" <brandon () rd bbc co uk>
To: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: ICANN - The Case for Replacing its Management



The bottom line is that expanding the name space with additional TLDs
solves this problem. Then "Two (or more) companies don't *HAVE* to fight
for identical flat space" - because they are each given unique space.
Duh!

That was nice until someone decided that they're really trade marks and
caused legal people to run around registering in each TLD (you have to
collect them all or you're not defending your mark), after that new
TLDs were just a license to print money. What a waste.

brandon



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