friedrich writes:>Thanks for trying to throw me and
quite a number of other members of the Internet-community into the Ghetto of .web-name-owners,
who, as you obviously think, are solely acting for their own advantage...This kind
of behaviour was used by a certain government about 60 years ago in order to disqualify
a well known group of intelligent people who had worked hard, where successful and
therefore envied by others who were not.<
This kind of hyperbole is well over the
top. First spam, now nazi allusions, how tediously predictable. I've said previously
that I support IOD's .web and existing registrants. jrosenthal, in the post you compare
to dictatorship, says:
>While it is obvious that I am at odds with IOD over their
practices, they still deserve as fair a shot as anybody else when it comes to the
new registries. However I feel that their tactics are quite questionable. The trademark
situation shows that.<
Unfortunately some .web registrants don't seem to know who
their friends are. Even cambler has suggested that this is the wrong direction to
go. I agree entirely with jrosenthal's statement above. I also think you owe jrosenthal
an apology.
IOD was claiming a trademark in an attempt to appear legitimate. Now
they can't. Get over it. .web registrants knew that they were registering names that
may never make it into the root, or should have. If IOD misled them (SFAIK they didn't),
then sue IOD. These twistings of the truth and ad hominem attacks aren't going to
sway ICANN in your direction, perhaps the opposite. I know I've lost all patience
and any sympathy for .web owners. If you don't have a clue about trademark law, or
legal jurisdiction, or who picks gTLDs, or how, or why, then you're wandering blind
out onto the infobahn and shouldn't be surprised if you get run over.
>Is this
decision valid for the whole rest of the world, too? Is a federal California court
the appropriate court for a decision concerning an international community such as
the Internet? Why didn't they at least ask themselves this question and refuse to
deal with that problem at all? Why wasn't it a Swiss court to decide this? (of course
I know your answer)<
The answer is that IOD is free to put it before a Swiss court,
or one in Pago Pago, or Pottsylvania, if they're willing to accept jurisdiction.
If IOD wins they can again claim to have .web trademarked.