Re: (Original) Conflict resolution revisited

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

At 10:09 AM 11/20/96 +0200, Gert Blij wrote:
>I was pleased to note that app. 40% of the IAHC committee is made up of non
>US members, as I understand that this represents the approximate make up of
>the Internet community at present, i.e. 60% in the US and 40% outside. This
>also means that the *full* IAHC committee is (should be) representing 10s
>of millions of Internet users outside the US and I  implore them to be very
>aware of their responsibility in this regard.

I never forget it for a second.

>
>Let me add two concrete suggestions WRT future domain name conflict
>resolution:
>
>1	Let's try to continue along the lines of the idea posted by the lady from
>Paris (I forgot her name (sorry :-( ) but do remember she was born in
>Poland). The gist was that a legal entity should be created that would have
>the authority to judge in cases of conflict and whose judgment would be
>final. (Sounds a bit like the concept of arbitrage). This entity would to
>the best of its ability check the legality of an application and when
>challenged decide based on a predefined set of rules. (Here one could even
>think of posting domain names applied for for a certain period for the
>Internet community at large to comment and/or protest. Very much like
>private clubs do with new member applications. This could prevent a lot of
>hassle with applications allocated and being in use already, only to be
>challenged later, which could be costly to the user if the original
>allocation is taken away).

The creation of this international entity is something out of the
purview of the IAHC.  I can see such an entity 5 years from now, ruling
on such matters as iTLDs, IP address allocations, spamming, etc.  The
IAHC view is severely limited to one specific area.

>My R 0,02 worth (= app. US$ 0.0043)
>Cheers
>Gert
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Hank Nussbacher
IAHC member
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