Re: The end of DNS as we know it

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 3:12 AM +0100 11/21/96, Pierre Beyssac wrote:

> I think the trademark problem as it is currently stated has _no_
> solution in the context of the DNS. This is a human problem,
> not a technical or an internal policy problem. The more trademark
> owners (and users) will think of the DNS as public signs in front of
> stores, the harder it will be to get a replacement solution
> (like the whois draft proposal, or the many others directory systems
> currently in development).
>
> I consider myself unable to discuss trademark issues related to
> the DNS. I sure wish I could solve it and make the DNS the quiet
> place it used to be a few years ago. I prefer to mind my own
> business, trying to make sure that attempts to solve trademark
> issues won't harm my freedom to use the Internet.
>

What about the international trademark schedule mapping that I proposed
earlier this year? Every fearless lawyer states why it won't work, but
not one has bothered to propose any changes that could make it
workable. Fearless indeed.

How is the IAHC addressing this proposal?


Simon

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