Re: Hijacked Domain Names?

[Paul Lustgraaf <grpjl@iastate.edu>]

> We have federal trademarks on these top level domains I've got copies 
> of the certificates right here in front of me. We have retained one of
> the leading trademark law firms in the country and have paid them a 
> $250,000 retainer. We have Big Guns and intend to use them. 

Which puts the rest us of under no obligation at all to point our name
servers at yours.  This is a process of concensus, not a situation where
you can make any progress at all by duress.

You may have made it difficult for others to use your chosen names,
but you have no power to force the Internet to let you make money
by such low-handed tactics.

Paul Lustgraaf                    "Change is inevitable.  Progress is not."
Manager of Network Services
Iowa State University Computation Center                   grpjl@iastate.edu
Ames, IA  50011                                                 515-294-0324