[12298] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Name Reg. Time for Policy Change
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Sat May 14 21:08:30 1994
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 23:43:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: Bruce Fancher <bruce@phantom.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9405140048.AA18543@mailhost.phantom.com>
The reson why pepsi.com (example) might have a problem if registered in
another country is the Trademark/Copyright laws, and that the U.S. name
servers have to know about it. There are alot of checks and balances that
are in place or could be put in place.
The MTV situation is one of great interest to me. As far as I can tell
there has been a joint sharing of the MTV servicemark & copyright with
the person you mention. Its would seem that both parties granted each
other a mutual license by their actions. MTV used the e-mail address and
even put it up on satellite. I agree the person with the domain MTV.com
has a fighting chance but, it depends on his legal / lawyer situation. I
can feel it now another DEFENSE FUND call. It all started with Bill Clinton.
Joseph Stroup
