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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Brad and all,

Brad Templeton wrote:

> 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.

  Well from what I can see New.net's TLD's are not generic for the
most part.  Yes they do have a few that are.  But the majority are not.
However TLD's are not trademarkable as aren't generic terms.

>
>
> 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.

  THe ICANN Interim BoD and the subsequent BoD's to follow were made
up mostly of special interests folks or corporate interests folks...  This
still remains true.

>
>
> 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.

  True to an extent.

>
> 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.

  >;)  Yes this is certainly true...


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