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[ICANN-EU] Re: South Africa wants SOUTHAFRICA.COM
- To: Ross Finlayson <finlayson@LIVE.COM>
- Subject: [ICANN-EU] Re: South Africa wants SOUTHAFRICA.COM
- From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 00:09:09 -0800
- CC: DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.NETSOL.COM, icann board address <icann-board@icann.org>, ICANN-EU <icann-europe@fitug.de>, Karen Rose <krose@ntia.doc.gov>, Elloit Maxwell <emaxwell@doc.gov>
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Ross and all,
This sort of thing was predicted before the UDRP was even in place.
So it should be of no surprise. I am sure that the South African
Government
feels that SouthAfrica.com is a valuable Domain Name to their country.
But I have to agree with the current registrant. “This is an absolute
farce,”
he said in a telephonic interview. “Is somebody going to stop AOL
[America Online] from using America in its name? Where do you draw
the line?"
We can all thank the current ICANN Board, the NTIA and the
GAC for this nonsense.
Ross Finlayson wrote:
> <http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2000/0011021213.asp>
>
> I guess .ZA (and SOUTHAFRICA.NET) aren't good enough for them...
>
> Ross.
Regards,
--
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