Re: [ga] WLS

[James Love <james.love@cptech.org>]

I agree with Kent on this.   There is a difference between end users and 
speculators, and it is far more important to protect end users than 
speculators in domain names.

   Jamie

Jeff Field wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Kent
>>Crispin
>>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:27 AM
>>To: ga@dnso.org
>>Subject: Re: [ga] WLS
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 08:40:23PM -0400, John Berryhill wrote:
>>
>>>>Dramatically increase the cost for whom?  Registrars, speculators? or
>>>>consumers?
>>>>
>>>>Chuck
>>>
>>>Please provide a meaningful distinction between a "speculator" and a
>>>"consumer".
>>
>>Speculators register domain names for the primary intent of reselling
>>them later for a profit.  Consumers don't have resale as a primary
>>intent.  As you know, the law is quite capable of using intent as a
>>meaningful distinguishing characteristic.  In general, you are making a
>>"slippery slope" argument, and, again, as you know, slippery slope
>>arguments are not valid.
>>
>>--
>>Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
>>kent@songbird.com                          lonesome."  -- Mark Twain
>>
> 
> 
> In the stock market you have some people that buy and sell stocks as an
> investment and others that buy and sell stocks on pure speculation.  The
> first group are called, "investors"; the second group, "speculators".  But
> investors and speculators are simply subsets of the more broad terms,
> "buyers" and "sellers".
> 
> In regards to domain names, IMHO, *way* too much emphasis has been placed on
> trying to make the distinction between a "consumer" and a "speculator".
> Both are simply members of the more broad term, "registrant".  The basic
> question that needs answering regarding WLS is whether or not "registrants"
> will be harmed.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jeff
> 
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