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I also agree. Someone has to speak for the "little guy". That
someone should be us.<br>
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On 10/5/2011 4:51 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote:
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I'm on record saying I love this idea.<br>
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What do you envision? Actions such as trying to have NCSG run this
TLD, making representation to some other orgs to convince them
this is a good idea, or some other degree of DIY approah?<br>
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Or rather enshrining the principle that some gTLD may
self-regulate away from the trademark-first mentality, or some
other degree of "prepare the regulatory grounds for cool
applications" approach?<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 10/5/2011 12:28 PM, Timothe Litt wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="841515415-05102011">So why can't we
focus some energy on protecting the rest of the
membership? I suggested .TFZ (trademark free zone) a
while back, but although there were no alternatives
offered, the consensus was that anything that could be
seen as weakening a trademark anywhere was was
unacceptable to the members holding trademarks. So we
seem to be focused on (even only responsive to) trademark
issues - albeit for "non-commercial" holders.</span></font></div>
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size="2"><span class="841515415-05102011"></span></font> </div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="841515415-05102011">If all we're
going to be is a niche in the trademark wars, I don't
see what NCSG is doing for me...</span></font></div>
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size="2"><span class="841515415-05102011"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2">I'd like to hear from the candidates - what ideas
do you have for protecting the domain name interests of
the non-trademark holding members? How can we reconcile
the trademark holders' interests, which are recognized in
law, with the interests of those who can't obtain
trademarks for their uses and have no law to fall back
on? Surely we can come up with administrative/policy
solutions - or even advocate for appropriate law?</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="841515415-05102011"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I'd also like to
see other members take an interest in something other
than how to tweak trademark-based rules... (And once in
a while, Whois privacy :-)</font></span></div>
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<p><font size="2">Timothe Litt<br>
ACM Distinguished Engineer</font></p>
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