Re: Prior Use - Experimental registries

[David Collier-Brown <davecb@Canada.Sun.COM>]

Stephane F. Kallos wrote:
> To give these "experimental" TLD registries any type of priority, is not logical or
> fair to those who have patiently been waiting for IANA and now the IAHC to provide a
> solution that is acceptable to the greatest number.
> 
> The registrants in these experimental TLDs are simply part of an experimental process,
> and little more.

   One hopes the experimental registries have also been patiently
waiting for the IANA/IAHC to provide a general solution, and
specifically have sent letters asking to be added the the list of people
interested in proceeding with the then-proposed process.
   If they didn't, they'd be rather foolish!

   Similarly, I wouldn't expect them to automatically see
their proposals accepted by the IAHC, or them to have a significant
commercial advantage by the mere attempt at starting something.

   And I certainly wouldn't expect the IAHC to bless domains which
have been set up as being entirely outside the purview of the
group.  If I were to claim .berd, find 10 like-minded friends and set up
a test implementation, but claim that I thereby own nerd for
all time and no-one can gainsay me, then I should expect to be 
treated by the community the same way I would had I set up a ``pirate''
radio station with callsign NERD on a drilling platform somewhere.

  And yes, such folk get treated remarkably badly by nearby naval
powers (:-))

--dave
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