Re: [gtld-council] string criteria

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1-Mar-07, at 3:51 AM, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> "Strings should not infringe the existing legal rights of others  
> that are recognized or
> enforceable under generally accepted and internationally recognized  
> principles of law".
Question from a layperson - What is a principle of law? Isn't this is  
bit vague as to be useful on a practical level?
On the larger point, of whether or not a string infringes the legal  
rights of others, isn't this why we have courts and other judicial  
processes? In other words, isn't this going to put ICANN in the  
position of having to figure out what those rights are and determine  
whether or not a specific string might be infringing someone's rights?
I must confess that I'm not completely aware of the context of  
David's proposal, so to the extent that it actually says "strings  
shouldn't infringe, but if they do, ICANN isn't going to get in the  
middle of it" then it should be fine. Otherwise, ICANN should get out  
of the way and rely on external processes to take care of these types  
of concerns.
Ross Rader
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