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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:
<blockquote cite="mid:24B6CF91243A49DAAD3C3EBB0B19E07E@sb.litts.net"
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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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