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Wed, January 16, 2002 at 4:14 PM GMT (Wed, January 16, 2002 at 11:14 AM EST) |
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Validating .names |
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| In the registry's defense, there really isn't any feasible way of automatically validating
whether a registration is the real name of the registrant, short of requiring them
to send in their driver's license or passport or birth certificate, which would add
a lot of delay and expense and aggravation to the process of registering a personal
domain name, something which needs to be made quick and easy for this to succeed
in the general consumer market. Also, the rules *don't* limit .name registrations
to your full legal name; nicknames are OK too, but there's no way to validate that
-- should you need an affidavit signed by a certain number of friends who certify
that you're known by that name? There is also a provision allowing the creator
or copyright owner of a fictional character to register the corresponding .name domain. It's
reasonable enough, then, that any validation of somebody's right to a particular
name is left to the challenge process afterward if somebody else objects. Incidentally,
john.smith.name appears to be the subject of a defensive registration; you can query
those in the WHOIS too by checking the appropriate radio button. It doesn't
seem like one that will hold up, though, as it can be challenged by any of the numerous
people in the world with that name.
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--Dan
Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dantobias.com/
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