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

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

Christopher,

Christopher J. Post wrote:
> 
> 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.

  You are absolutely correct!  It certianly wans't.  I just
ignored Bobs post al together.  But I see I should have called
him up a bit short.  
> 
> >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 agree compleatly.  It is nearly piracy.  And at least, in the case of
Intel.org, gredigiously unethical at best.  
> 
> 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.

  Again I must agree with you here as well.  warehousing of any domain
names that are not owned and used by the original perchaser should
be discouraged.  And I believe that this is being discussed as becoming
ileagle in te near future.  It is VERY BAD practice.
> 
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
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