RE: Conflict resolution?

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>]

Better yet, see:

 http://rs.internic.net/nic-support/nicnews/

- paul

At 09:17 AM 11/18/96 -0800, Alexis Bor wrote:

>Would someone send out the current registration counts for the different
>domains and perhaps their recent and long term growth rates?  I think
>this will help add some perspective to the criticality of the issues.
>Thanks.
>
>Alexis Bor
>GlobalTel
>1520 Eastlake Avenue East
>Seattle, WA  98102
>206-720-7250
>206-720-7251 (fax)
>alexis.bor@globaltel.com
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>>From: 	Hank Nussbacher[SMTP:hank@ibm.net.il]
>>Sent: 	Monday, November 18, 1996 7:31 AM
>>To: 	Gert Blij
>>Cc: 	iahc-discuss@iahc.org
>>Subject: 	Re: Conflict resolution?
>>
>>On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Gert Blij wrote:
>>
>>> >From the IAHC charter: (*'s are mine)
>>> 
>>> "The DNS is an *international* resource and the *IAHC will at all times
>>> operate with that perspective*. The IAHC                             
>>> specification effort will address *legal*, administrative, technical and
>>> operational concerns, with particular attention to the questions of
>>> *fairness* and functional stability."
>>> 
>>> Based on the above I sincerely hope that the IAHC will tackle the issue of
>>> conflict resolution WRT to unfair use of domain name registration. I
>>> appreciate that this is a difficult and hot topic, but I feel very strongly
>>> that if the Internet is to be considered truly *global*, it needs to be
>>> resolved.
>>> 
>>> The present conflict resolution criteria sound great but have no teeth. All
>>> they do is protect the registration authority from legal action, but don't
>>> really resolve anything.
>>> 
>>> A real live example:
>>> 
>>> There is an organisation in New York which has registered (hi-jacked) 
>>> dozens of domain names (with the .com extension) pertaining to company
>>> names, registered trademarks etc. in South Africa and Japan. 
>>> 
>>> With sanctions having been lifted a lot of companies here in South Africa
>>> would like to create an international "feel" by using the .com extension
>>> rather than the localised .co.za one but now can not do so.
>>> 
>>> We are advised by various lawyers here that according to the present
>>> conflict resolution guidelines, the only way to tackle the issue is to take
>>> this organisation to court in *New York*.
>>> 
>>> I am sure you all appreciate thatthis is virtually impossible for 99.9
>>> percent of companies outside the USA.
>>> 
>>> Again, if the Internet is to be(come) a truly global phenomenon, then it
>>> needs to solve these problems in globally acceptable manner and not be
>>> based on the current legal flavor of the USA.
>>> 
>>> (If  I have misunderstood the present conflict resolution policy and there
>>> is an easy way to get the domain names back, pease let me know. I and many
>>> others here in South Africa would be very grateful :-) )
>>
>>The way to resolve this is to make .com insignificant or to create
>>many better alternatives.  Then companies abroad have alternatives
>>to the overpopulated .com domain.
>>
>>
>>> 
>>> Gert
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> Gert Blij  (gert@itst.co.za)   ITST (Pty) Ltd
>>> 22 Sluysken Road, Hout Bay, 7800, South Africa
>>> +27/(0)21/ work & fax: 790 2724    h: 790 3342
>>> http://www.aztec.co.za/itst
>>> 
>>
>>Hank Nussbacher
>>IAHC member
>>[the views expressed above belong to the author and do not
>>necessarily reflect the views of the other IAHC members]
>>
>>
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