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Sees it like a lawyer

from Tamar Frankel (tfrankel@acs-mail.bu.edu)
I have no technical expertise, and view the question as a lawyer with some business understanding. I do not like artificially created limited resources that raise prices and in this case limit access to the internet. However, I recognize that some names will always be more desirable than others and will be in short supply. Also, more names may induce more confusion (perhaps). Nonetheless, within technical limitations I would create as many domain names as the market demands. It will reduce hoarding of names (although the short accessible and recognizable ones will be more valuable).

Clearly, these added names will impose on trademark owners added costs of protection. I do not believe that their interests are sufficient to trump the interest of developing further access to the Internet. Dispute resolution mechanisms are the solution (reducing the owners' costs of protection).

(posted 8900 days ago)

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