Re: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words

[Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>]

On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Karl Denninger wrote:

> > So let's have many top level domains, and nobody is *stopped* from using their
> > TM.   They are only stopped from using it in a form in which it is not a TM,
> > namely without a context.  

> 	world.  Further, we didn't even extend the namespace to TWO
> 	dimensions (name/line-of-work) -- doing that would have required
> 	issuing HUNDREDS of TLDs and we don't want to do that

One TLD. .BIZ

MCS.NET.BIZ
MCS.FROZENFOOD.BIZ
MCS.RADIO.BIZ

Now, that is a two-dimensional namespace.

If the IAHC would only create *ONE* gTLD and get their 20 registrars set
up managing the SLD's within .BIZ then we could sidestep a lot of
problems.

> First you have to be willing to actually map the DNS namespace in a
> reasonable semblance of how things work in the real world.  The IAHC is
> unwilling to do that.

That's a little harsh. Maybe they just haven't seen how it could all work
yet.

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