Re: registrar charging $30,000 for "platinum" pre-registration

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

Kent,

  I think you missed my jist here.  I was under the understanding that
you did not consider a Domain Name used by anybody to be associated
with Intellectual property rights at all.  Mayba I was mistaken.  >;)
Please advise.

Kent Crispin wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 1997 at 05:07:00PM +0000, Jeff Williams wrote:
> > Kent and all,
> >
> > Kent Crispin wrote:
> [...]
> > >
> > > Keep in mind also that the only names likely to be worth anything
> > > like that amount are names with significant intellectual property
> > > value, and the ACP rules make it pretty difficult to capitalize on
> > > what is clearly someone else's intellectual property.
> >
> >   Hummmmm?  Intresting change of view with respect ot intellectual
> > property stance from you Kent.  >;)
> 
> Not at all.  If you have clear rights to a name, it won't do a pirate
> any good to grab it before you (which is precisely what strict first
> come first serve encourages).  In prior policy regimes, pirates could
> grab a name, and sell it for any amount less than the court costs.
> The goal of the ACPs is to reduce the legal costs to a very low amount.
> 
> So it doesn't make sense for a pirate to reserve a name for $30000,
> and it doesn't make sense for a business with a legitimate right to
> the name to reserve it either, since it would cost them far less than
> that to challenge the pirate in an ACP.
> 
> I don't know if the ACPs will work out -- I hope they do, but there
> are obvious obstacles.  In the best case, ACPs will faithfully reflect
> a rational international view of IP law, courts will come to
> respect their findings, and, over a few years, a consistent, level,
> international playing field will develop for domain name IP
> conflicts.  That would be a win for everybody.
> 
> --
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