North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?
On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 10:59:23AM -0400, Gary R Wright wrote: > "Steven J. Sobol" writes: > > > Certainly the legal confusion surrounding the gtld's shouldn't > > > be used as a rational for not developing a process (which is > > > what Barry suggested) for attending to problems associated with > > > the country code domains. > > > > What sort of problems? > > Trademark/service mark conflicts come to mind. But in general I > would say one function of a legal system is to mediate disputes. That, of course, is what NSI does. They disclaim responsibility for arbitrating intellectual property disputes, and since they are not a legislative or judicial agency, I'd have to say that is the correct decision. > Barry raised an issue (valid or not, take your pick) and asked if > we should have a system by which disputes related to Internet > facilities (such as domain name space) could be handled. Right. > To be more specific, an entity utilizing the .TO domain name was > misrepresenting themselves using Barry's domain in .COM. Now > perhaps if Barry's domain was world.std.com.US he would have a more > obvious legal process by which he could defend his use of > world.std.com.US because it would clearly be within the name space > assigned to the United States. No, I don't necessarily think so. When something is done that is actionable, either civilly (e.g. forgery of Barry's domain) or criminally (smurf attack), I don't see how it's possible to judge jurisdiction based on Internet domain. -- Anyone who spams me will be subject to torture by Jake, my killer attack hedgehog, and/or Lizzy and Junior, my man-eating iguanas.
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