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Non-Commercial User Constituency <[log in to unmask]>
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Tan Tin Wee <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:55 -0400
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Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]>
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Re: .canon
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Another example - a hilarious one - of why we can't assume that a domain name string represents ownership of a concept. 
I would agree with Tin Wee - Oui, oui!

> It is therefore not an English word, just as my name has 
> nothing to do with suntan or tin cans or anyone's wee wee 
> -just a transliteration of the phonetics of a southern 
> chinese pronunciation of the chinese name Chen Dingwei.
> Bestrgds

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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