Re: Re[2]: IAHC Proposal (Attacks Thereon)

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Sally Abel allegedly said:
> 
> We have a basic disagreement as to the 
> extent of the problem.  My experience 
> tells me that it is much more profound 
> than the 400 or 4000 numbers being batted 
> around in some recent mail.

Could you detail that experience and try to quantify it?  It is 
sometimes the case that someone who is close to a problem tends to 
see things in terms of that problem, you know.  For example, I would 
expect firemen to see arson as a tremendous problem.  People who have 
a family member die of cancer may tend to see cancer as a bigger 
problem.  Scientists see lack of science education as a big social 
problem, etc.  Sometimes being an expert in a field actually is an 
impediment to making good social policy.

> Another way to spin the numbers would be 
> to start with the 800,000 figure, take 
> away the deliberate "pirates" (some 
> estimates I have seen put that number as 
> high as 100,000), then take away those 
> who don't feel the need for a vanity SLD 
> and are just as happy with a random 
> alphanumeric for which there would be no 
> waiting period (see the draft).  Of the 
> remaining unknowable number (at this 
> point) take away those for whom the 60 
> day period is not a burden (also an 
> unknowable number), because the applicant 
> a)is not in a hurry; b)has other 
> domains/accounts available; c)has worked 
> the 60 day period into a business plan; 
> d)some combination of the above and/or 
> for entirely different reason(s); and do 
> a cost/benefit analysis from there.
> 
> 
> Sally
> Not speaking for the IAHC

A) It seems fairly clear that the 60 day wait will not hinder pirates 
at all, and may very well help them -- they wouldn't have to pay for 
the expense of maintaining nameservers, and every hapless trademark 
owner would be scouring the list, and would have to start dealing 
with the pirate immediately.  B) I have not encountered a single 
individual that would be remotely satisfied with a random domain name 
C) the phrase "vanity SLD" implies a judgement that I think is 
invalid. Who are we to decide what's a vanity SLD?  D) in my 
experience there are very few indeed who won't find the 60 day period 
a burden.

-- 
Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com,kc@llnl.gov		the thief he kindly spoke...
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