Re: Warehousing, TM violations & the new gTLD's

["Christopher J. Post" <cp15@cornell.edu>]

At 05:13 PM 8/14/97 -0400, Bob Helfant wrote
>First, please refrain from any further slander of GlobeComm, Inc.

My message was in no way slanderous.

>GlobeComm does indeed own Best Domains which is a leading domain trading
>site.  GlobeComm does not own the names we sell on the site.  It provides a
>place for people to buy and sell them.  Please keep foremost in your mind
>that neither owning, buying nor selling SLDs is illegal.  

Even if you are not the admin. for intel.org, you are facilitating the
'selling' of a domain name which to about anyone in the world is linked to
one 
particular company. You already profited by listing intel.org, and would 
profit again if it were 'sold'.

>I was a bit surprised to find that there are some people who strongly
>oppose companies who buy and sell domain names when I joined the company
>last year.  If a company has a strong claim to a name, they can get it
>without much of a fight.  If they don't have a trademark or legal rights to
>a name they want, they pay whatever both parties agree is fair.  Whatever
>your problem is with this practice, please do not pretend that your view is
>law on this issue.

I am not necessarily talking about 'laws' here, but rather 
standards of conduct for gTLD registrars.  I personally think 
that selling a domain like intel.org or profiting from it's sale, is 
counter-productive to the process.

I don't have a problem with selling of 'generic' domains, although there
are some serious issues regarding warehousing by registrars, that have
recently discussed in this list.

Sincerely,
Chris Post

cp15@cornell.edu
Department of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853


>At 04:41 PM 8/14/97 -0700, Christopher J. Post wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I would like to introduce myself to all of you.  My name is Chris 
>>Post and I have been following the discussions on this list for a 
>>while now because I am interested in domain names in general and the new
>>gTLD's in particular.
>>
>>While I have been observing these discussions and the different 
>>viewpoints, I have also been doing some digging to see what some of 
>>the players in this saga have to gain out of these new gTLD's.  What 
>>I have found has really irritated me and I would like to share just 
>>the tip of the iceberg here with you.
>>
>>Some of the companies that are being represented in this discussion 
>>about the new gTLD's are 'pirates' themselves!  I was shocked to find 
>>that Globecomm, which is the parent company of Best Domains
>>(http://www.bestdomains.com/company/company.htm), has 
>
>>Am I the only one that thinks this is questionable?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Chris Post
>>
>>cp15@cornell.edu
>>Department of Soil, Crop & Atmospheric Sciences
>>Cornell University
>>Ithaca, NY 14853
>>
>>
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