Two things if I may:1) I don't have any big problem with allowing a few forms
of 'legal' punctuation in domain names. That is hyphens [-] and maybe even
ampersands [&], pounds [#], exclamations [!], apostrophes ['] and EVEN copyright
[(C)], registered [(R)] and trademark [TM] symbols.
Companies must consider
whether using such punctuation and symbols would be practical for people trying to
access their sites, however.
Many trademarked names have such punctuation and symbols
in them. I probably wouldn't encourage them to be widely used. I would
probably put some rules into how they can be used. It could take off some of
the burden created by cybersquatters, because they would find it much harder to legally
claim a domain name that has a (C), (R), or TM after it, don't you think? Maybe
my logic is backwards on this one because of the impracticality of typing in such
symbols. Then again, maybe I'm slightly too far ahead of my time on this one.
I don't know.
2) I don't have a problem with adding a few more TLDs. The
'.com' level is way too crowded already and there is very little room for future
growth if things are limited to the ones that exist now.
I'd rather prevent the
increasing number of lawsuits over DNs.
Steven D. Sybesma
Englewood, CO USA
webmaster@itoldyouso.org