A Clear Future

[Bob Allisat <tor@wtv.net>]

Kent wrote some more:
> Of course, IP law isn't perfect, domain names do have unique
> characteristics, and nobody, including the IAHC, has perfect policies.  
> But imperfect compromise is frequently the way things are in the real 
> world.  Nothing happens if you let a demand for perfection become a 
> total roadblock.

 Worse happens if a bad solution is
 hoisted on people leading to some
 bloody useless insurrection! IAHC
 and CORE are knee-jerk responses 
 by a handful of people who were
 surpassed in claiming Top Domain
 Name space by more clever or more
 insightful others. Their "Memorandum
 of Understanding" is an attempt to
 get back at their competitors and
 monopolize the Domain Name Registry
 business once and for all. 

 It's too late. The horses have all
 fled. .WEB is Ambler's. .ART belongs
 to SKYnic, .COM, .ORG, .NET belong to
 Internic. That is fact and .PER, .XXX,
 .SEX, .FCN,  .WTV, .ZOO, .888, .800,
 .ETC all have legitimate claimants.
 And these groups are ready, willing
 and able to forge new domain registries
 in service of the public.

 The state of reality is in profound
 contrast only to the views of those
 shoving IAHC/CORE down our collective
 throats. Once you step back, accept
 the precedent, however flawed, of
 "first come first served" everything
 resolves, calms down and assumes a
 clear path extending towards a peaceable
 future. Thousands of NICs each with
 their own stable of TLDs serving people
 each to the best of their abilities
 in their own way. Ta-da! Solution
 found! And it wad there all along!

 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

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