Apology (Re: [ga-roots] Re: Criminalization of alt roots)

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

At 14:25 04.05.2001 -0700, Simon Higgs wrote:
>At 01:29 PM 5/4/01 +0200, you wrote:
>>At 13:07 03.05.2001 -0700, Simon Higgs wrote:
>>>The very first alt.root was used as the test bed for Draft Postel. You 
>>>can't kill off something that has a right to be there - and numerous 
>>>TLDs still around have Jon Postel/IANA's permission to be in an 
>>>alt.root. IANA even provided wording for registries in an alt.root to 
>>>use as a waiver of legal liability.
>>
>>just in case anyone does not remember:
>>
>>Simon Higgs has argued this point of view before an US court and lost.
>
>Huh? Just in case anyone does not remember the court case, *THERE WAS NO 
>COURT CASE*. I have never had the opportunity to testify. Show me my 
>testimony! Show me the court case!
>
>Damn it, Harald. I *NEVER* thought you would stoop as low as Crocker and 
>Crispin. But you just did.
>
>An apology is in order.

Apologies, I was in error.

I thought that you had worked together with IODesign and Chris Ambler in 
the case brought by IODesign about .web where injunctive relief was denied, 
but it appears that this is not the case.

My comment should have read "The viewpoint that .web has a right to be in 
the root has been argued before an US court and dismissed".

My comment is based on http://www.brandenburg.com/misc/iodesign-judge.html

On rereading Simon Higgs' statement again, I see that he did not even make 
that statement this time; he was talking about the right to be in an 
"alt.root", something I have not seen a possible legal basis, or even a 
reason, for denying.

However, I do not accept the premise that because it is legal to build an 
alt.root, being in an alt.root gives any right to be in the ICANN DNS root.

                 Harald


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