Re: [wg-b] Position Papers

[KathrynKL@aol.com]

>  Removing a non-dictionary term
>  from the domain space will generally not interfere with the communicative
>  value of the Internet. 

I beg to disagree.  Even a word like oreos or Coca-Cola have noncommercial 
uses and legitimate comparative advertising uses that people may want and 
need to reflect in domain names.  Should another contaminated batch of 
Coca-Cola be released (as per Europe a number of months back), a website 
about do-not-drink-coca-cola.org with a list of the batch numbers of 
contaminated product would be appropriate and legal under trademark law.  

Similarly, a concern about oreos might be reflected in a domain name such as 
oreo-lovers.org or hydrox-versus-oreo-compare.com.

kathy