Re: The end of DNS as we know it

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 11:15 AM -0800 11/21/96, Kent Crispin wrote:

> 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:
>

Which is why I'm soliciting feedback.

> 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?"
>

You've been inhaling Microsoft products for too many years.

> 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).
>

They already exist, and can be revised to deal with these issues.
What's WIPO to an American? Toilet paper?



Simon

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