Comments on: Domain Name Industry Threatened

By: SingleDoubt

SingleDoubt — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:37:14 +0000

On 7th March 2007, Alessandro Sorbello of New Realm Media http://www.newrealm.com.au interviewed Dr Vinton Cerf in Brisbane Australia to present ‘Internet, Infinity and Beyond’ excerpts from Dr. Cerf’s presentation are available online at New Realm. Mr Sorbello http://www.AlessandroSorbello.com posed questions to Dr. Cerf relating to the development of the Internet and its role in today’s society and what we can expect in the future.

Dr. Cerf: So you can actually see some of the side effects. What happens when you get a billion people all connected together and able to interact? The first thing you notice is thanks to Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web is an enormous avalanche of information coming into the network. The uses and consumers of information have now become the producers.

And so when you look at things like Wikipedia you discover that its content comes from anywhere in the world from anyone who has a piece of information that may be of use to others. What amazed me is the number of people who want to share their information and they are not looking for payment, they are simply looking for credit or they simply want to contribute.

The interplanetary internet is set to change the face of communication not only on our planet, but also in the way we communicate with our technology in space.

By: High End Web Names Blog » Petition Against Domain Parking

High End Web Names Blog » Petition Against Domain Parking — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:35:52 +0000

[...] Phil Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association sounded a note of auction and pointed out other threats to domain owners. For example, he is afraid that ICANN might do backroom deals for their own good but to the disadvantage of domain owners (e.g. the VeriSign settlement). Another issue is that many domain registrars keep expiring domain names instead of letting them go no the market and be auctioned off so that everybody gets a chance to buy expired domains. This practice allowed many registrars to build up large portfolios of traffic domains, which is still illegal, but domain investors are at a disadvantage here. There is a conflict of interest that needs to be addressed. And another threat: There is the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, which is fighting for legislation against domain owners. I won’t say anything against them as long as they can ensure that they will only take action against blatant TM-infringing domains, but this is not guaranteed! Many companies have already tried to sue domain owners for generic domains in the past. You can read a more detailed summary of Phil Corwin’s speech on Domain Name Wire. [...]

By: SubliminalMessages.Com

SubliminalMessages.Com — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:21:17 +0000

Of course they are property. Now, how do we get American banks to recognize their value and issue loans against them?

I read of this situation on http://www.SubliminalMessages.Com — one whacked out website.

By: » Domain Name Industry Threatened Domain News - The Domain Name News at DomainNews.com, Domain

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:10:05 +0000

[...] To see the full articles, see http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/18/domain-name-industry-threatened/ and http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/061907_ICA_Warns_Domain_Name_Industry.cfm [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:17:27 +0000

You guys will understnad that it is not property when you will get a letter from the lawyer claiming to have rights to the name. After that you will have a choice to give up the name or pay thousands to retain it. During this conflict your registrar will act against the owner, some of them will block the usage. You telling me I really own it?
Read the small print from your registrar. If you by the way call to Network Solutions and tell them that you own the domain they will tell you that you won the “right to use the domain name” not the right to the domain itself. Sooner or later something have to give

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By: Stephen Douglas

Stephen Douglas — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:08:11 +0000

Bottom line: The domain industry needs to very quickly promote and educate mainstream business on the value of keyword generic domain names. As long as domain sales are increasing and flourishing, the industry will sort out its bones.

By: Dave Zan

Dave Zan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:22 +0000

Of course they are property, and whether they are intellectual property or real property, what does it matter? Property is property.

What matters is what enforceable rights are granted to its holders.