Why should you not be able to sell real estate?
Free enterprise is just that. If you have created and registered a domain name,
you should have the right to sell your interest in that name. Trademark is
trademark, but it should be exact, not generic. Apple is apple - a fruit.
Apple Computer is a trademark. If I sell granny smith apples, Washington apples
or any other apples, why can't I register apple? For that matter, why can't
I register that name for books or gifts. Even further why not appleisnt.com
or applenet.com for a user's group? AND if I have come up with and registered
these names, AND they have value to someone else who did NOT come up with the name,
why should I not be able to sell my interest in MY legitimate creative effort?
Another area of free enterprise has come into existance. It has
a legitimate place. We have enough laws on the books to protect trademarks
and copyrights. This country (US) is based on free enterprise. Let's
not dilute it with super restrictions on something like NAMES. If you look
at the auctions for domain names, you will see that very few sell for megabucks.
If people wish to invest in the money and effort it takes to acquire a name and are
willing to risk that investment of time and money, it's fair to allow the business
to flourish. Everyone gains.
Personally, I'd prefer
to have the original government controls on domain names, or leave it the way it
is now, with the exception of adding .tmk and one or two additional gTLD's.
I disagree with .store and .firm, however. They are too specific. How
do you define a computer store with professional consulting, electronic gaming on
site, network techs, etc.? They would need names in three TLD's. Too
confusing for the average consumer. Who would fall under .firm? Lawyers,
contractors, doctors? This internet needs to be as generic as possible for
the public.
Let's save .gov, .mil, .us, .edu,
for the obvious reasons and just stop the restrictions on the rest. As the
need arises, add ONE new TLD and DO NOT ALLOW the registrars to buy up thousands
of names in advance to prevent the public from having the opportunity to register
them. That includes "sales" "info" "contact" "help" or any other such name.
Good luck to the people who get there first!!!
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I feel that there
should be NO concept of well known names.
Everyone should have equal access to
names. Otherwise it becomes
a legal contest to determine who has
the "best right", to which
there is no easy answer.
Domain Names should
NOT be allowed to be sold, because it causes
"scalping". Domains
should only be allowed to be returned
the pool. That way no one can
reap profits with Domain Names.