Re: [ga] Jerry Falwell won't get Jerryfalwell.com WIPO says...

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Eric and all assembly members,

  Eric, I think that in part, you miss the point.  That being that WIPO
and the UDRP process with this recent decision as a glaring example
on a religious front, is disjointed and inconsistent.

  No one is denying Jerry Falwells freedom of speech in this WIPO
decision, but perhaps his claim to his own name as part of a
Domain Name in Jerryfalwell.com.  But than again Jerry himself
did not register it first, so it seems that now WIPO is reversing itself
with respect to IP rights in this decision...  Go figure!

eric@hi-tek.com wrote:

> Well Jeffy my man you put it out there;
>
> I think it is damnable deplorable and outright scandalous (although Jerry
> and I do not see eye to eye).
>
> But I would gladly give my very life to allow him the right to have such
> freedom of speech.
> We all owe a duty to our lessor enabled brothers and sisters to defend the
> freedoms which are inalienable.
> Each culture and ccTLD must decide for themselves what works within their
> LIC but the more freedom the better for all of us concerned.
>
> I do not necessarily agree with Jerry's virtue, but I will walk my children
> through both sites to make sure that they understand the hazards and
> correctness for standing for something.
>
> The Internet will fall for anything if it does not stand for freedom of
> thought and communication.
>
> Eric
>
> Jeff Williams wrote:
>
> > All assembly members,
> >
> >   More WIPO logic.  See:
> > http://www.citizen.org/hot_issues/issue.cfm?ID=261
> >
> > Excerpts: "The Rev. Jerry Falwell's attempts to shut down a Web site
> >                  that uses his name in its address and parodies some of
> >                  Falwell's statements have the goal of bullying Internet
> >                  posters and suppressing dissent, a response filed today
> >                  by Public Citizen with the World Intellectual Property
> >                 Organization (WIPO) says.
> >
> >                 Illinois resident Gary Cohn maintains a non-commercial
> >                 site under the domain names jerryfalwell.com and
> >                 jerryfallwell.com. The site makes fun of Falwell for
> >                 blaming the September 11 attacks on the supposed moral
> >                 decline of America and parodies the way Falwell cites
> >                 Bible verses to make moral judgments."
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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