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Username:	cambler
Date/Time:	Tue, July 11, 2000 at 2:57 AM GMT
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Subject:	Finite Resource? Hardly.
Message:
The single-letter TLDs are a finite resource, yes. You acknowledge that, as do we in our position paper. The two-letter TLDs are reserved for country code TLDs, and we also agree with that. While the 3-and-up-letter TLDs are finite, by definition, they are functionally infinite. I submit that one would never see more applicants to run a registry than there are available words in the English language (not to mention other languages, or non-defined combinations of 3 letters). This is without even considering 4-letter TLDs and more. I do, however, find your analogy to the homesteading act apropos. As point of fact, you might also consider the relevancy of the Water Act - namely, first to make constructive use of the water owns the water. It, too, is apropos. Christopher Ambler

Message Thread:

• Auctioning Domain Names for the Common Good — achander, July 11 @ 2:35 AM (7/24)
• Second That! — Georg Panzer, July 14 @ 2:34 AM (0/0)
• Second that! Also, Look to the 3G License Auctioning — Georg Panzer, July 14 @ 2:29 AM (0/0)
• Four questions. — publius, July 12 @ 6:49 PM (0/0)
• A Very Good Suggestion from achander — layman, July 11 @ 3:26 AM (2/13)
• Of course — bigtymer, July 11 @ 4:21 AM (2/11)
• I beg to differ........................................ — Gregory Krajewski, July 11 @ 5:15 AM (1/1)
• No Freedom of Speech here... — Sotiris, July 11 @ 5:19 AM (0/0)
• So you have no vested interests. . . — WorldThoughts, July 11 @ 4:42 AM (1/8)
• Great analogies, but... — bigtymer, July 11 @ 4:58 AM (5/7)
• It had the legal right to do so from at least July - December 1996 ... — friedrich, July 11 @ 11:57 AM (0/0)
• You wrong littletymer — Merlin, July 11 @ 5:06 AM (0/0)
• Much as I hate to admit it... — Sotiris, July 11 @ 5:03 AM (0/0)
• link — Gregory Krajewski, July 11 @ 5:02 AM (0/0)
• Not even worth arguing about — cambler, July 11 @ 5:02 AM (1/2)
• Argue it in court — bigtymer, July 11 @ 5:09 AM (1/1)
• In Court — cambler, July 11 @ 5:37 AM (0/0)
• The Right of Speech. The Right to Speak Loudly. — 410, July 11 @ 4:06 AM (0/0)
• ridiculous — Merlin, July 11 @ 3:19 AM (1/1)
• You know there's a problem, — Sotiris, July 11 @ 3:26 AM (0/0)
• Finite Resource? Hardly. — cambler, July 11 @ 2:57 AM (1/1)
• The only finite thing when it comes to TLDs is a wilful "lack of imagination" — Sotiris, July 11 @ 3:03 AM (0/0)
• A "professor" of law is what you are, the reality is a different matter however... — Sotiris, July 11 @ 2:45 AM (2/2)
• Fair / Unfair — friedrich, July 11 @ 2:54 AM (0/0)
• Too bad they don't apply your theories when it comes to FOOD production and distribution. — Sotiris, July 11 @ 2:50 AM (0/0)

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