[ga] Re: [ga-org] Re: Outline of proposed consensus points

["Milton Mueller" <Mueller@syr.edu>]

William:
Apparently, you misread the proposal. If you read it correctly you would
understand that there is no proposal for restricting future 
registrations. Indeed, that is one of the primary reasons why
NCDNHC takes an interest in this issue. We feel that such
restrictions would harm non-commercial speech.

NCDNHC made a very strong statement against evictions and in
favor of retaining open registrations. Read the full statement. 
What part about the following don't you understand?

"the new registry/partnership must be committed to permitting current .ORG registrants to stay if they choose, and to keeping registrations 
open on a first-come, first served basis."

"The new entity should be selected, in large part, on 
its commitment to keeping .ORG open to individuals and 
organizations on a first come, first-served basis. 
Registrants should not be required to prove anything 
about their organizational or legal status to register 
names under the .ORG top-level domain. All existing 
legal registrants under .ORG should be allowed to 
maintain their registrations indefinitely, if they so 
wish, subject to the existing UDRP. However, the 
marketing plan for the ORG TLD should be adjusted to 
maintain ORG's unique identity."

When we talk about changing the marketing we mean exactly
that: we will focus on promoting ORG to noncommercial
registrants. We will crease encouraging businesses to register there,
and we will not encourage trademark owners
to register duplicate and pre-emptive names in ORG and NET
the way NSI did. That's all. 

Also, let's get the facts right. My information is that there are 2 million and 
change registrants in ORG, not 6 million. Where did you get the 6
million number? 

>>> "William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com> 06/24/01 11:54PM >>>
>>
>> 4. We favor maintaining the noncommercial identity of
>> ORG by revising its marketing and promotion strategies
>> to target noncommercial users, and to discourage
>> duplicate, pre-emptive registrations by businesses.

There is no non-commercial identity.  For YEARS this domain has had an
unrestricted charter.  Any "non-commercial identity" was a falacious
assumption.  With over 6,000,000 registered names under an open
unrestricted policy, it is not appropriate to consider changing the
policy.

Sure they are.  As are commercial organizations engaged in commercial
activities.  There are, and should be, no restrictions at all.


But you see fit to harm over 6,000,000 registrants whose existing
investments in .org domain names that were registered under an open
and unrestricted charter by restricting future use by future
registrants, thus harming the nature of their investments by the
public assumption that their use is a non-approved use now, even if
they are exempt the public impression alone would be harmful to them.

-- 
Best regards,
William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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