[35378] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Wed Mar 7 22:40:34 2001
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From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "John A. Tamplin" <jat@liveonthenet.com>,
"Scott Gifford" <sgifford@tir.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:37:20 -0800
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> 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.
Surely owning a domain is more like naming a book or magazine article
than naming a business. After all, businesses are not the only Internet
sites.
DS
