Re: Thread 2: 60-day issue

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Joe Kelsey allegedly said:
> 
> Simon Higgs writes:
>  > > The difference is that a DBA applies to a LOCAL business and is granted
>  > > by a STATE government of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. You are trying to
>  > > take a local law and apply it internationally. If you insist on using
>  > > DBA as an example of an instant domain name, then your DBA will have to
>  > > be at least a 4LD: <dba>.com.<state>.us. (or maybe <dba>.com.us, but a
>  > > corporation still has to register *within* a state, so I don't really
>  > > see .com.us as happening any time soon.)  Nothing else makes sense as an
>  > > *instant* domain name.
>  > >
>  > 
>  > DBA is an example, not a direct mapping. DBA's are issued just like
>  > domain names are right now. You apply, and can immediately use the
>  > name. All a domain name is is an internet DBA mapped to a particular IP
>  > address.
> 
> But you fail to see the difference. A DBA is granted by a *local* state
> government and applies to doing business in the state you applied. It
> has no relevance globally. If you want to do business globally (or even
> nationally), then incorporate. Thus, an instant domain which is
> *exactly* similar to DBA is a 3LD or a geographic name.

Don't be silly.  Of course he sees the difference.  It's just not an 
important difference.  In fact, it's a meaningless difference you 
seem to have fixated on.

It is not necessary to incorporate to have a trademark, or to do 
business internationally.  So a DBA applies.  Songbird is a trademark 
I own.  Songbird is not a corporation.

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