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<P><FONT SIZE=2>etoy.com versus etoys.com.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-Mat Butler</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: William Allen Simpson [<A HREF="mailto:wsimpson@greendragon.com">mailto:wsimpson@greendragon.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:26 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: nanog@merit.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Patrick Greenwell wrote:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Paul A Vixie wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > ICANN's prospective failure is evidently in the mind of the beholder.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Besides producing a UDRP that allows trademark interests to convienently</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> reverse-hijack domains </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Awhile back, somebody made a similar accusation. So, I spent the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>better part of a weekend reviewing a selection of UDRP decisions. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Quite frankly, I didn't find a single one that seemed badly reasoned. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Could someone point to a "reverse-hijacked" domain decision?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> and the selection of a handful of lackluster</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> TLDs from a pool of applicants </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Here, I will agree. My observation is that they chose lackluster </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>TLDs to avoid controversy on this, the first introduction of new </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>TLDs in a dozen years. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>More will be forthcoming as operational experience is gained. And </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that's our area of expertise -- operational -- isn't it?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> paying a non-refundable 50k fee in a</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The fee was always (and I'm going back to IETF, IAHC, and various </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>other discussions) expected to be non-refundable. Pay as you go. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Nobody else pays for your cost to operate. Very libertarian. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Apparently, you've never optioned property.... Or supplied a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>performance bond.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> completely arbitrary and capricious process, </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Really? In the legal sense? What proof do you offer?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> perhaps you could point to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> some of the many successes of ICANN as an organization?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The public participation around the world has far outstripped anything </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I'd ever expected. On that basis alone, it's a success.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes, I wish that things were moving faster. I wish that the fully </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>envisioned board had been selected. I wish that there was more </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>sunshine. But, I realise that not every citizen on the planet has </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the same adversarial bent in their civilization, and that some even </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>consider collegial closed meetings more civilized!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>We've added some good people in the elections, and I have high hopes.</FONT>
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