On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Jeff Wheeler wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:04 AM, George B. <geor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think I will get .payme and make sure coke.payme, pepsi.payme, >> comcast.payme, etc. all get registered at the low-low price of >> $10/year. All I would need is 100,000 registrations to provide me >> with a million dollar a year income stream for the rest of my life. > > I have read this thread, but certainly not any ICANN garbage. It > seems to me that a TLD for a brand, like Coca-Cola, would not be used > in the same way as GTLDs. Will George actually be allowed to carve up > his own TLD and sell bits of it to anyone who is willing to click a > checkbox on GoDaddy.com? Obviously there is not any technical > limitation in place to prevent this, but will there be legal / "layer > 9" limitations? > Um, that'll be just GoDaddy. soon enough.
> I kinda figured additional GTLDs is not very useful given that > probably every domain registrar drives customers to "protect their > brand," avoid phishing attacks against their customers, etc. by buying > not only example.com, but also net|org|biz|etc. I imagine that > registrars may be really excited about this idea, because it > represents additional fees/revenue to them. I can't understand why it > is good for anyone else. Does McDonald's really want to print > http://mcdonalds/ or www.mcdonalds instead of www.mcdonalds.com on > their soft drink cups and TV ads? > Ah, but at $185k/year/TLD to ICANN, Mr. Beckstrom has to be loving it. > Is Owen so disconnected from reality that he thinks the chain with the > golden arches is spelled "MacDonald's?" > No, just didn't want to get caught infringing. ;-) I did say that I made several of the examples up. > I don't particularly care about the intellectual property questions > (in the context of NANOG) but if you really want to bang your head > against that, I suggest reading about the current trademark status of > "Standard Oil." In short, it remains a legally protected mark but has > several distinct owners throughout the United States -- a result of > the break-up. "Waffle House" is a little complex, too. Somehow the > GTLD system continues to function. I imagine the relevant authorities > are capable of figuring out who should be allowed to register which > brand-TLD. > I find your faith most disturbing. Owen
