Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Perry,

Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> "Leo Smith" writes:
> > There will be a tremendous amount of inconvenience and hassle endured by
> > the wait-ers. By all counts, less than four tenths of one percent of users
> > would ever be affected by any claim of trademark infringement...So why put
> > so many people through the hassle and inconveience when the solution
> > applies to a fraction of a percent of total users?
> 
> You know, I've never been mugged or robbed. Why should I pay for
> police when its obvious that only a tiny fraction of the population
> ever has need for them?
> 
> The obvious answer is this: many people will never be robbed or mugged
> because the threat of the police hangs over the potential muggers.

  This is only partialy true, but has merit.  Unfortunatly the IAHC 
does not have the force of law to be the policeman, therefore, as has 
been pointed out by several layers on this list, there is no basis
for your anaology here.  Bad premise, bad conclusion.  Unsound 
argument, if that is what this is?
> 
> The argument repeatedly made is that many potential disputes will
> never even occur knowing that the courts are unlikely to entertain
> them. Every domain holder is a potential victim of such an action, and
> an environment in which most of them sleep well at night is
> potentially worth the cost, just as the police may very well be worth
> the cost even if you never find yourself having to call them, by
> virtue of the fact that their existence may have prevented you from
> needing them in the first place.

  Well, you have a small point here Perry, but i doubt that most people
in this country feel that safe about their local or federal police 
departments or agency's.  I know I have not for several years.  
( look at the Richard Jule situation for example).  So this argument
in respect to what is perposed, carries almost no weight.  Not to
mention
the fact, as I stated above, IAHC has no such powers in the first place.

   Straw man.

> 
> Perry
> Speaking for myself, and not for the IAHC in an official capacity

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. 
Phone :972-447-1878
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com