Re: [icann-europe] Recommended Reading: Brad Templeton on ICANN and the DNS

[Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:27:01AM -0700, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Thomas, Brad and all,
> 
>   The ICANN experiment is failing.  It can be seen every day, all over
> the globe, not just in the DNS either.  IP addressing and protocol
> development
> and deployment have some stark examples.  Brad's ideas regarding
> replacing ICANN have been underway in earnest for a little bit longer
> than a year now.  New.net is just one example of such that has gained
> some recognition and notice.  Other organizations and technology have
> been quietly gaining recognition such as SROOTS, and BINDPlus
> throughout several areas of the international community.

Indeed, I am aware of these, but my point is that it is an error to
simply replace one set of monopolies on generic terms with another. 
That's what new.net and most others I have seen wish to do.

A meaningful replacement, taking its queue from trademark law, gives
those monopolies to no party.   ICANN had good people in it, but
fell prey to powerful special interests.  A replacement org will do
the same.

Indeed, but there's no truly global law.  In the past making a trademark
global has been a course available only to the most giant corporations.
Oddly, ".com" for a while seemed to replace the trademark registries as
the desired way to reserve a name.  Companies were far more concerned,
in naming products and companies, that the .com domain be available than
that a TM search go well.

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