New book on domain name regulation

[Konstantinos Komaitis]

I really wouldn't be surprised - part of the copyright wars :)

KK

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On 12 Jun 2010, at 17:29, "William Drake" <william.drake at GRADUATEINSTITUTE.CH 
 > wrote:

> One imagines that fairly soon someone will make it available via  
> scads of torrents, that's what happened to my last book, much to the  
> delight of the publisher and my bank account.  (Sorry KK :-)
>
> Bill
>
> On Jun 12, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Great.
>>
>> Is there a PDF download available or is it only for purchase?
>>
>> a.
>>
>> On 11 Jun 2010, at 12:18, Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> To those interested, my book on domain name regulation has just  
>>> been published. I am including a blurb from my publishers and some  
>>> information where to find it.
>>>
>>> With many thanks
>>>
>>> KK
>>>
>>> Routledge have just published the following book which you may  
>>> find of interest. It is available now from all good bookstores, or  
>>> direct from our website.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Current State of Domain Name Regulation
>>> Domain Names as Second Class Citizens in a Mark-dominated World
>>> By Konstantinos Komaitis
>>>
>>> In this book Konstantinos Komaitis identifies a tripartite probl 
>>> em – intellectual, institutional and ethical – inherent in the d 
>>> omain name regulation culture. Using the theory of property, Kom 
>>> aitis discusses domain names as sui generis ‘e-property’ rights  
>>> and analyses the experience of the past ten years, through the U 
>>> niform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Anti 
>>> cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). The institutional 
>>>  deficit he identifies, generates a further discussion on the et 
>>> hical dimensions in the regulation of domain names and prompts K 
>>> omaitis to suggest the creation of an environment based on justice.
>>> The relationship between trademarks and domain names has always  
>>> been contentious and the existing institutions of the UDRP and  
>>> ACPA have not assisted in alleviating the tension between the two  
>>> identifiers. Over the past ten years, the trademark community has  
>>> been systematic in encouraging and promoting a culture that  
>>> indiscriminately considers domain names as secondclass citizens,  
>>> suggesting that trademark rights should have priority over the  
>>> registration in the domain name space.
>>> Komaitis disputes this assertion and brings to light the  
>>> injustices and the trademark-oriented nature of the UDRP and ACPA.  
>>> He queries what the appropriate legal source to protect  
>>> registrants when not seeking to promote trademark interests is. He  
>>> also delineates a legal hypothesis on their nature as well as the  
>>> steps of their institutionalisation process that we need to  
>>> reverse, seeking to create a just framework for the regulation of  
>>> domain names. Finally he explores how the current policies  
>>> contribute to the philosophy of domain names as second-class  
>>> citizens.
>>> With these questions in mind, Komaitis suggests some  
>>> recommendations concerning the reconfiguration of the regulation  
>>> of domain names.
>>>
>>> June 2010: 296pp
>>> HB: 978-0-415-47776-5: £75.00
>>> eBook: 978-0-203-84958-3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For more information including a table of contents, or to order  
>>> your copy, please visit http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765 <http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765 
>>> >
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,
>>> Lecturer in Law,
>>> GigaNet Membership Chair,
>>> University of Strathclyde,
>>> The Lord Hope Building,
>>> 141 St. James Road,
>>> Glasgow, G4 0LT,
>>> UK
>>> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306
>>> email: k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk
>
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