Re: [ga] Help with research into domain reregistration - submit examples of unrelated reregistrations

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 07:01:12PM -0400, John Berryhill wrote:
> 
> 
> No, Ben, the "problem" arises if the new registrant uses the domain name for
> the same or similar content.  *That* would cause consumers to believe it was
> the same vendor which had the domain name before, and *that* would be a
> potential for harm.

Independent of ICANN, UDRP, etc, it is absolutely clear that a business
or a person can be harmed by having their name associated with something
a large part of the community thinks is odious.  And, as you well know,
there are many many ways that one can be harmed at a level below which
there is no practical legal remedy.

In other words: harm exists independent of anything to do with the law.  
Lawyers do tend to forget that.

Kent
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