[35357] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Greenwell)
Wed Mar 7 13:18:35 2001
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:08:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@cybernothing.org>
To: "John A. Tamplin" <jat@liveonthenet.com>
Cc: Scott Gifford <sgifford@tir.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, John A. Tamplin wrote:
>
> > I don't know where the official ICANN ruling is on this, but I recall
> > seeing it discussed in a number of places at the time. Let me know if
> > you can't find a reference, and I'll see if I can dig one up.
>
> Personally, I would hope that the rules would be the same as if you were
> trying to start a new business or magazine with the name in the domain
> name (I am making no judgement on how close UDRP is to that ideal). By
> that criteria, I am sure that if you tried to start a company or magazine
> named "Walmart Sucks" you would hear from their lawyers and they would be
> equally successful.
Parody and criticism are protected under trademark law(although those
rights are being eroded quickly.)
