I totally agree with Simon's assessment below...
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: From: Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>
: To: Leo Smith <barter@ntplx.net>
: Cc: Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>; IAHC Registries <iahc-discuss@iahc.org>
: Subject: Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?
: Date: Thursday, January 09, 1997 6:01 PM
:
: At 2:19 PM -0500 1/9/97, Leo Smith wrote:
:
: > The 60 day wait will not reduce the number of speculators. Companies would
: > still grab names and register them before their competitors did. The real
: > issue is: How many cases are there where the motive for registration is
: > ransom? If the ransom problem is very significant, involving tens of
: >thousands
: > of URLs, out of the 800,000 total, then perhaps the problem is
: > significant enough to warrant action. On the other hand, if the problem is
: > limited to a few hundred cases out of 800,000, then how can we
: >justify putting
: > 799,600 people through grief and hassle of a waiting period, when the
: >outcome
: > will affect such a tiny fraction of a percent of the total users?
:
: I'd say that speculation will increase because of this policy. If a
: domain name passes the 60 day waiting period it's going to be much
: tougher for a company to obtain a name from the applicant. The case law
: generated by those successfully retaining their domain names will
: guarantee this. Therefore the "ransom" value will become higher. Given
: the higher return on investment from this, it's reasonable to assume
: that speculation will significantly increase as lower numbers of domain
: names will bring in the same $$$ value.
:
: The 60 day wait serves only one practical purpose - to feed the legal
: industry. It does nothing for either the end user of the domain name or
: the trademark holder.
:
:
: Regards,
:
: Simon
:
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