Re: [IDNO:119] Support Statement

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

Kent and all,

Kent Crispin wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 08:28:19AM -0500, John B. Reynolds wrote:
> > Kevin J. Connolly wrote:
> > > aspect of the process, I believe that the cluster identified by
> > > the phrase ?Individual Domain Name Holders' should be specified
> > > on the nature of the domain name registrant, not that of any of
> > > the contacts found in the associated records.
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> > This is exactly the point I was trying to make on Tuesday.  Allowing in
> > those who are associated with domains not held in their own names could open
> > the IDNO up for capture.  Others have made convincing arguments for letting
> > in sole proprietorships (liability issues, anti-personal domain rules in
> > some TLDs), but I believe that is far as the exceptions should go.
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> Yet furthermore, your requirement is no guarantee whatsoever against
> capture -- a corporation could register thousands of domains for its
> employees regardless.  The presence or absense of Bill Gates in the
> IDNO is immaterial, if microsoft registers domains for its
> employees.
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> More fundamentally, there is *no guarantee possible* against capture.
> The problem of capture is a purely a function of the small *actual*
> size of the electorate vs the very large *potential* size of the
> electorate.  To put it another way, Joop's group of 100 people
> signed up for his IDNO has ALREADY CAPTURED IT.

  This statement of Kents is of course absurd.  However it does
necessarily follow his normal diatribe...

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> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
> kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain

Regards,

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