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On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Mark Leiser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Isn't the argument simply a utilitarian one? My understanding is that in the
> past the singer Sting lost the challenge he raised to take back the domain
> name with his name in it because of the huge number of people that would
> have typed in "sting" into a browser would hardly all be looking for the ex
> front man for the Police. Isn't the objection simply precautionary? That
> snakebite.amazon is something that people would consider typing into a
> browser and expect to get answers rather than taken to the latest hardback
> sale?


I hardly think that is the governments in question objection.


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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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