Re: The end of DNS as we know it

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Simon Higgs allegedly said:
> 
[...]
> 
> 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.

Perhaps they don't propose changes because they realize, as I think 
many people do, that the problem is far larger than your proposal 
imagines:

Problem: Get to the top of Mt Everest.
Higg's solution: Let's excavate all around the mountain to lower the top.
Simon asks: "Why don't people propose changes to my solution to make 
it work?"

That's just a fanciful fable to illustrate a point, of course.  The 
point is that the easy solution to the TM problem is to ignore it and 
let trademark holders battle it out in court.  A real solution would 
require international treaties (climb Mt Everest).

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