Re: The end of DNS as we know it

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 11:17 AM -0800 11/20/96, Jean-Noel Frydman wrote:

> 1. We have pushed the trademark issue entirely to the side. By creating 150
> new iTLD's within the next five years, we will create a whole new industry
> of Domain Name Chasers, money-grabbing opportunists, and untold lawsuits
> around the world from companies filing suit to retain/create their
> trademark on the new iTLD's. Those who do not see that as an obvious
> outcome of this decision, are fools. So the question is: is that what we
> want to accomplish?
>

No.

> Needless to say, this will end up protect the big guys (who'll have the
> means to defend themselves globally) and hurting the smaller companies. So,
> again, is that what we want to accomplish?
>

No.

> I believe that only by creating unlimited numbers of iTLDS can we by-pass
> the trademark issue by rendering it completely moot. Am I wrong?
>

Nope. It makes the situation worse.

> 2. This comittee has the mission to oversee the possibility of the creation
> of new iTLDs. I believe that that emphasis has changed slightly: we are now
> mostly focusing on the creation of new REGISTRIES and their working
> together. The iTLDs are a by-product of that, so to speak. Right? It
> doesn't matter what names are used as new iTLDs , how many there are,  but
> who and how (exclusive/non-exclusive) they are going to be administered. It
> seems obvious also that whatever the decisions of the iach, there are
> "underground" " and alternate registries and they will continue to exist
> with or without its' consent. Right?
>

As I've said before, the registry is a service industry supporting the
domain name delegation. To create TLDs solely to justify the creation
of a registry is plain wrong. There has to be a perceived need for the
TLD in the first place. Then there needs to be an operational registry
(or registries) to support the TLD which may or may not be exclusive to
that TLD. The two (TLDs & registries) are TOTALLY seperate animals and
must be traeted as such. This is the primary flaw in draft-postel.

Simon

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