Re: Dispute resolution

[Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>]

On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Leo Smith wrote:

> Let's assume that the DNS namespace IS a "public good", operated as a
> public trust. How does it compare to the frequency of a particular band on
> the radio spectrum? The government (the FCC) assigns EXCLUSIVE licenses to
> FOR PROFIT business entities  who want to use the "public good" so they can
> make money by transmitting television, telephone or radio signals. There's
> really not much difference between the exclusive licensing of a particular
> bandwith on the radio spectrum and the exclusive licensing of a particular
> gTLD.

There's a BIG difference. A gTLD is like a frequency band and an SLD
is like a specific frequency. No private entities have exclusive licences
to an entire band of frequencies nor is there any spectrum licencing
agency that is operated as a for-profit business.

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