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Username:	dtobias
Date/Time:	Sat, September 1, 2001 at 1:00 PM GMT
Browser:	Netscape Communicator V5.0 using Windows dows
Subject:	Cats and dogs
Message:
I notice you have "Cat" as part of your handle.  How do you feel about the fact that the Caterpillar tractor company has trademark rights to the word "cat" and thus got first shot at registering "cat.info" -- letting them trump anybody using the word in any other sense, such as for a site about felines, or by you for your personal site.  Similarly, "dog.info" got taken by a nail polish company.  Is it really fair that trademarks give that sort of pre-emptive right over all other possible users?  Apparently the corporate fatcats think so... both Amazon.com and Sun Microsystems have already sent threatening letters regarding the .biz rollout, because they didn't get automatic rights to such names as amazon.biz and sun.biz -- but what about others who might want to use those addresses for sites about a famous river or about the star the Earth revolves around?  Sun also claims rights to "Enterprise", but that's also the Star Trek starship, as well as a rent-a-car company.
Link:	Dan's Domain Site: New TLDs

Message Thread:

• Heresy — MicrowvCat, September 1 @ 7:24 AM (5/7)
• Cats and dogs — dtobias, September 1 @ 1:00 PM (0/0)
• Trademark law — dtobias, September 1 @ 12:52 AM (1/1)
• I agree with this statement... — psbyowner, September 1 @ 4:07 PM (0/0)
• Very good points - thank you — rachelmacgregor, September 1 @ 11:05 AM (0/0)
• Facts that poke the corporate bullies in the eye — Garry Anderson, September 1 @ 8:09 AM (1/1)
• Is this misrepresentation deliberate? — Garry Anderson, September 1 @ 8:44 AM (0/0)
• Trademark Problems — Paul Gill, September 1 @ 7:54 AM (0/0)

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