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Username:	jeffmarsh
Date/Time:	Sun, July 9, 2000 at 4:38 AM GMT
Browser:	Netscape Communicator V4.73 using Windows 98
Score:	5
Subject:	The courts will have to decide
Message:
Since I'm not a lawyer, I really don't know the intricate workings of the law. It would seem to me that usage should constitute some form of ownership or claim. It's obvious from the fact that different courts have made different rulings that this will one day need to be settled in a higher court. Your guess is as good as mine as to what that court will decide. It's obvious that the courts are lacking in knowledge when it comes to the Internet and technology, so I really wouldn't be surprised if the ruling made no logical sense. I assume that the California court ruling stands only in California, and was given the case because IOD is a California company and the claim was made in California. Since I know we've got some lawyers participating in this forum, it would be interesting to hear their perspective on this issue since they know the law better than people like I do.

Message Thread:

• Private Property Rights to TLDs - Be careful — jpalmeradns, July 9 @ 3:24 AM (3/11)
• I think you have a problem — jandl, July 10 @ 5:50 AM (0/0)
• Legal ownership of TLDs — jeffmarsh, July 9 @ 3:46 AM (1/7)
• Questions again — Merlin, July 9 @ 3:51 AM (2/6)
• Re: Questions again — jeffmarsh, July 9 @ 4:00 AM (2/4)
• Usage — Merlin, July 9 @ 4:17 AM (1/1)
• The courts will have to decide — jeffmarsh, July 9 @ 4:38 AM (0/0)
• Yes they can — jpalmeradns, July 9 @ 4:06 AM (1/1)
• Very interesting — jeffmarsh, July 9 @ 4:11 AM (0/0)
• How is it misused — jpalmeradns, July 9 @ 3:54 AM (0/0)
• Questions — Merlin, July 9 @ 3:39 AM (1/1)
• The others have no right to our property — jpalmeradns, July 9 @ 3:43 AM (0/0)

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