New book on domain name regulation

[Hakikur Rahman]

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Best regards,
Hakik

At 17:18 11-06-2010, 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 problem – intellectual, institutional 
>and ethical – inherent in the domain name 
>regulation culture. Using the theory of 
>property, Komaitis discusses domain names as sui 
>generis ‘e-property’ rights and analyses the 
>experience of the past ten years, through the 
>Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy 
>(UDRP) and the Anticybersquatting Consumer 
>Protection Act (ACPA). The institutional deficit 
>he identifies, generates a further discussion on 
>the ethical dimensions in the regulation of 
>domain names and prompts Komaitis 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 
><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.htm>k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk
>
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