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We've been hearing about new TLDs for almost two years now. I think we desperately need them. Domain names need to map (at least somewhat loosely) onto international trademark law so that McDonalds.food and McDonalds.bank don't conflict in any way. Trademark law is built around the concept of avoiding consumer confusion.
Trademark law is built around the concept of protecting intellectual property, not around avoiding consumer confusion. This avoidance is a by-product and a test of potential infringement, but not the core driver.
As far as the mapping problem goes, this isn't a problem that DNS can solve and one that is addressed quite well by existing trademark law, thank you very much. By using DNS to solve this mapping problem, we are likely to afford IP holders extra-legal protection at the expense of individuals - not something that I particularly look forward to.
Host names should be permanent. They define resources--and not legal jibberish. Legal jibberish can change anytime a judge farts.
Isn't that actually how legal jibberish was created? (At least it's how I was taught in my school.) =)
Please refrain from using the terms jibberish, judge and farts in the same sentence. They infringe on my trademark jibberishjudgefarts.god
If you do not immediately cease and desist, I will be forced to turn this matter over to my legal counsel. Govern yourself accordingly, you have been warned.
...I'm leery of a registrar who feels it necessary or apropriate to run a site like this -- blatant spamdexing, Arial-only fonts, etc....
To your first point...check out What Is...spamdexing (a definition)...I have a hard time believing that our use of metatags qualifies as spamdexing.
To your second point, it's actually Times New Roman exclusively.
It's not pretty, but it is full of content and conforms to a reasonable estimation of standardized HTML (with the exception of some lame font elements in a list item array). If it matters, it has less than 1/2 of the standardized design problems of our competitors...
It's $9. How do I know? Because I work for a registry that is about to go online. We were in the first group to be accepted, but it has taken a while to get our system programmed.
It used to be $9 wayyy back - it was dropped to $6 some time ago.
I don't understand this additonal year policy. Why do they do that? How come they don't just let you transfer the name?
This is part of the ICANN/NSI negotiated settlement. When a domain is transferred between registrars a year is tacked onto the term of the registration to a max of ten years.
This is actually something that we overzealously require that our RSPs use in their terms and conditions.
A much friendlier version of this agreement will be available and in force this week - the basic changes will most certainly meet your requirements as noted...
I thought that CORE and ICANN both get a cut too somewhere in the range of $29. I may be wrong but I would think that the actual base cost will be TUCOWS' $13 cut PLUS CORE and ICANN charges... for a total of around $42.
Just went though the OpenSRS site again, but found it to be almost useless for general information/overview. Are there any other related links that anyone knows of?
I've been stuck at a show this week - getting the site updated is a huge priority but it's been real rough getting decent connectivity. Anyways, I'm sitting on a ton of info that will likely go up this weekend, including a new iteration of the contract, v1.3 of the API documentation, the getting started guide and (cross your fingers) the first release of the client code.
Actually, the $13 is an all in fee. $9 to NSI, $4 to OpenSRS. Our $4 goes back into the pool to support the development, pay for hardware, bandwidth et al.
Unlike a lot of domain resale programs, this is not an extra fee that is tacked on top of NSI's $70 reg fee.
Cool news, but NSI still have the monopoly (Score:) by mmerlin on 05:38 AM October 28th, 1999 EDT (#) (User Info) http://www.dv3.com What does the following snippet of info mean? the main points of the agreement focus on; Protecting the intellectual property of Network Solutions used in the deployment of the OpenSRS server at TUCOWS. I interpret it as meaning we can't move our domain names from NSI over to OpenSRS. If anyone finds out a way to do it, let us know!
Actually, that bit simply refers to the back-end piece that allows the OpenSRS to interface with NSI-SRS. It is a completely proprietary interface that we were required to sign a contract to use.
Next time I have trouble reading a CD, I'll just stick it in the microwave. If not very much of the metal layer flaked off, I'll know it's a problem with the drive. To test the drive, I'll put it in the dishwasher. This a great, practical idea! Thanks!
Your post marks the first time in in almost ten years online where I have spit Dr. Pepper onto my keyboard *and* had it dribble out my nose upon reading a post.
Like the whole " setting up a printer " thing people where arguing about when CUPS came out, it takes me roughly 2 minutes to setup a printer in win9x, much longer in linux. Linux is a *GREAT* server, I think that until desktop apps are much better and WindowManagers/Enviroments are vastly improved Windows will still rule the desktop, and I really have no problems with that.'z
I agree on one hand that Linux has a ways to go before it makes a great desktop environment - but the problems that it faces are inconsequential compare to MS. Not that the comparison is even relevant, but if RHAT/SUSE/Caldera/Whomever threw some money at, or the community rallied around, some of the very basic problems that most Linux distribs face, Linux would very definitely be ready for prime time.
Three most important areas to concentrate on?
Migration from Win32 to Linux (installation procedure is pretty arcane for the average user. Even including some simple defaults and plain english would be a vast improvement.
Sound support ('nuff said)
Printer support ('nuff said)
Just those three bits would make for a great environment that is, for the most part, ready for prime time.
MS on the other hand has a whole raft of issues to deal with so that they may save their OS from BSOD hell and lose a ton of users to AOS's in the meantime.
I agree with most of what you said, with the exception that having multiple registrars is making the process more difficult.
The only reason that this issue is becoming increasingly unworkable and highly unstable is due to the passive and active resistance by NSI to the privatization and redistribution of their monopoly.
>I notice it takes 10000 requests per child.. In >the past, a lower figure was recommended in case >of any leaks. I wonder if that could be a >factor.
I was left with the same impression. Not being a real Linux/Apache wiz, I can't make any definite determinations by my lonesome, but don't those apache conf settings spell death to the server?
I mean isn't 10,000 waaaaaaayyy to high for MaxReq and 1 too low for MinSpare?
Ahh well...it's propaganda, definitely not worthy of expending a lot of energy on...
I don't know where ZD is getting this stuff. If you visit ICANN's web site you'll see that the proposed cost structure to Registrars is set at $16 per domain per year *plus* $1.00 to ICANN, plus a $10,000 entry fee, plus a $100,000 bond, plus a $2500 SRS application fee.
At 500 domains per month (which is low), a new registrar is paying $35.75 per domain - which is more than they pay now per domain.
This doesn't take into account the added cost of the hardware and business spec for participating...
"He starts to walk toward this statuesque blond, and the former girlfriend is now thinking to herself that if she trips him at just the right time, he'll fall into that bitch blond, knock her into the punch bowl, and both will be soaked in fruit juice and vodka."
Right up their with breast cancer as far as offensive material goes IMHO...
"Try removing all of your GNU tools. _NOTHING_ will work anymore. "
IMHO, this is precisely the phenom that RMS is talking about.
We've got a pet conspiracty theory around the office that the newfound support by IBM, Compaq and SGI for Linux is simply because it will allow them to better compete on the IA64 platform.
The reasoning goes is that what makes all of these company different is their hardware and their toolsets. Kernel development is a huge cost center for these "support/hardware" firms. Toolsets are cheap by comparison...
*Zip* - drop the GNU toolset, replace it with the DEC toolset and package it with a Linux kernel - instant DEC/Linux (or SGI/Linux, IBM/Linux, MS/Linux). Names aside, they will all work with very little GPL...
Parody/Satire is *not* a protected form of speech in Canada.
I was threatened with action last year as a result of a parody site I created (http://www.hellcanada.com) - they didn't think it was funny and I didn't have a leg to stand on...
The scary thing was that because the parody was not protected speech, I was flagrantly violating a ton of trademarks - which usually get expensive to defend....
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Check out http://hover.com - its a new service that focuses on making domain and email management a lot easier than it is with most providers. You can use our email service (pop/imap, 2gb storage, etc.), or point your domain at the mail server of your choosing.
Trademark law is built around the concept of protecting intellectual property, not around avoiding consumer confusion. This avoidance is a by-product and a test of potential infringement, but not the core driver.
As far as the mapping problem goes, this isn't a problem that DNS can solve and one that is addressed quite well by existing trademark law, thank you very much. By using DNS to solve this mapping problem, we are likely to afford IP holders extra-legal protection at the expense of individuals - not something that I particularly look forward to.
Isn't that actually how legal jibberish was created? (At least it's how I was taught in my school.) =)
Please refrain from using the terms jibberish, judge and farts in the same sentence. They infringe on my trademark jibberishjudgefarts.god
If you do not immediately cease and desist, I will be forced to turn this matter over to my legal counsel. Govern yourself accordingly, you have been warned.
To your first point...check out What Is...spamdexing (a definition)...I have a hard time believing that our use of metatags qualifies as spamdexing.
To your second point, it's actually Times New Roman exclusively.
It's not pretty, but it is full of content and conforms to a reasonable estimation of standardized HTML (with the exception of some lame font elements in a list item array). If it matters, it has less than 1/2 of the standardized design problems of our competitors...
It used to be $9 wayyy back - it was dropped to $6 some time ago.
This is part of the ICANN/NSI negotiated settlement. When a domain is transferred between registrars a year is tacked onto the term of the registration to a max of ten years.
A much friendlier version of this agreement will be available and in force this week - the basic changes will most certainly meet your requirements as noted...
It's actually 67 minus the dot and the TLD...
Nope, $13 all in.
-RWR, OpenSRS Maintainer
I've been stuck at a show this week - getting the site updated is a huge priority but it's been real rough getting decent connectivity. Anyways, I'm sitting on a ton of info that will likely go up this weekend, including a new iteration of the contract, v1.3 of the API documentation, the getting started guide and (cross your fingers) the first release of the client code.
-RWR, OpenSRS Maintainer
Unlike a lot of domain resale programs, this is not an extra fee that is tacked on top of NSI's $70 reg fee.
-RWR, OpenSRS Maintainer
Actually, that bit simply refers to the back-end piece that allows the OpenSRS to interface with NSI-SRS. It is a completely proprietary interface that we were required to sign a contract to use.
-RWR, OpenSRS Maintainer
Your post marks the first time in in almost ten years online where I have spit Dr. Pepper onto my keyboard *and* had it dribble out my nose upon reading a post.
Thanks.
Your quote is a statement made by Corel IIRC. As CEO, this is most certainly not a private matter until the Canadian courts have said so.
roughly 2 minutes to setup a printer in win9x, much longer in linux. Linux is a *GREAT* server, I think that until desktop apps are much better and WindowManagers/Enviroments are vastly
improved Windows will still rule the desktop, and I really have no problems with that.'z
I agree on one hand that Linux has a ways to go before it makes a great desktop environment - but the problems that it faces are inconsequential compare to MS. Not that the comparison is even relevant, but if RHAT/SUSE/Caldera/Whomever threw some money at, or the community rallied around, some of the very basic problems that most Linux distribs face, Linux would very definitely be ready for prime time.
Three most important areas to concentrate on?
Just those three bits would make for a great environment that is, for the most part, ready for prime time.
MS on the other hand has a whole raft of issues to deal with so that they may save their OS from BSOD hell and lose a ton of users to AOS's in the meantime.
I agree with most of what you said, with the exception that having multiple registrars is making the process more difficult.
The only reason that this issue is becoming increasingly unworkable and highly unstable is due to the passive and active resistance by NSI to the privatization and redistribution of their monopoly.
Better yet, view that same thread and see what Bill Clark's response was - perfectly helpful in relation to the questions posed...
agh...
>I notice it takes 10000 requests per child.. In
>the past, a lower figure was recommended in case
>of any leaks. I wonder if that could be a
>factor.
I was left with the same impression. Not being a real Linux/Apache wiz, I can't make any definite determinations by my lonesome, but don't those apache conf settings spell death to the server?
I mean isn't 10,000 waaaaaaayyy to high for MaxReq and 1 too low for MinSpare?
Ahh well...it's propaganda, definitely not worthy of expending a lot of energy on...
At 500 domains per month (which is low), a new registrar is paying $35.75 per domain - which is more than they pay now per domain.
This doesn't take into account the added cost of the hardware and business spec for participating...
Right up their with breast cancer as far as offensive material goes IMHO...
-RWR
"Try removing all of your GNU tools. _NOTHING_ will work anymore. "
IMHO, this is precisely the phenom that RMS is talking about.
We've got a pet conspiracty theory around the office that the newfound support by IBM, Compaq and SGI for Linux is simply because it will allow them to better compete on the IA64 platform.
The reasoning goes is that what makes all of these company different is their hardware and their toolsets. Kernel development is a huge cost center for these "support/hardware" firms. Toolsets are cheap by comparison...
*Zip* - drop the GNU toolset, replace it with the DEC toolset and package it with a Linux kernel - instant DEC/Linux (or SGI/Linux, IBM/Linux, MS/Linux). Names aside, they will all work with very little GPL...
So why not GNU/Linux?
Parody/Satire is *not* a protected form of speech in Canada.
I was threatened with action last year as a result of a parody site I created (http://www.hellcanada.com) - they didn't think it was funny and I didn't have a leg to stand on...
The scary thing was that because the parody was not protected speech, I was flagrantly violating a ton of trademarks - which usually get expensive to defend....
-RWR
Would that make the new hostname www.slashdot.org.slashdotted.new.slashdot.org?
Or not?
If you were really under NDA, you wouldn't be able to tell us...poser!
;)
Ahh...good old Joe's. It never fails that we end up there when hit SJ.