Re: .COM TLD, DNS and the English Language

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

Michael Dillon wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Vince Wolodkin wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't it make sense to eliminate iTLDs rather than to create them?
> 
> Doesn't it make sense to take food away from Ruandans rather than to feed
> them? Not when you consider the people aspect! So why would we want to
> take naming choices away from people rather than give them more?
> 

I never suggested taking choices away from anyone.  I merely suggest
that iTLDs unecessarily create potential conflicts, while requiring new
domains under country TLDs reduces international conflicts.  Do you
propose we let the iTLD namespace go the way of the alt newsgroups?  I
mean, after all, if we don't we will be taking choices away from people!
I don't think you really want to give people this big a choice.

> > Doesn't it make sense to move disputes to local jurisdictions where they
> > can be handled without international agreements?
> 
> This question betrays a profound lack of knowledge of the legal system in
> the developped nations and I don't see any point in answering it.
> 

Well, I guess you told me.  But seriously, ignoring NSI policies(which
are daft), if I want memra.com and feel I have a right to have it, where
is the dispute settled?  You are in canada, I am in the US.  Now CA and
US may be a special case, and actually have treaties in place.  But
where will the suit be heard?

Of course if you were memra.com.ca and I was memra.com.us, there would
be no dispute.  If another memra.com popped up in Canada, there would be
no question as to where to settle the dispute.

> If you really want to understand this, go to a law professor and ask them
> to recommend a couple of books you can read that will help you to
> understand why this is a silly question to ask.
> 

Are you a lawyer?  Have you worked closely with government officials
involved in international dealings?

You claim to no intimately about the inner workings of the legal systems
in all developed countries, and yet choose not to point out where I have
erred.  I promise not to be ashamed or embarassed, I stand ready to
absorb your great knowledge.  Please, master, teach me.

> Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
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Vince Wolodkin