Carlos,
Standard law provide for, respectively, "tarnishment" and "defamation." You don't need to enforce these things in the domain name system.
The idea that ANY unapproved use of a famous name (e.g., Harvard) is a terrible crime is a very recent one, and frankly is more closely associated with what you call "neoliberalism" than the free expression position.
--MM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Carlos Afonso
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:07 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] AW: [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [ PFIR ] Harvard
> registers harvard.porn
>
> Dear Wolf, thanks for the math. The perils of logic...
>
> Please note that proper policies regarding the ethics of the domain name
> business is orthogonal to any combination of letters. I insist we overlooked
> the need to go deeper into this from a rights perspective.
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 27-03-15 08:43, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:
> > Hi Carlos.
> >
> > Here is a good calculation:
> >
> > we have thousands of languages in around 150 different scripts using
> different characters. All the characters (formed to words and combined with
> numbers) in the various scripts can constitute a domain name on the first,
> second or third level.
> >
> > If you take the number of Latin languages which can be related to the ASCII
> code, you have nearly 150 languages using the Latin script. In the German
> language alone we have around 500.000 words in our main dictonary. This
> brings us to about 50 Million words with Latin charaters which can be used
> as TLDs or SLDs etc. If you combine words (.greathyperinflation), you end up
> with hundreds of millions of potential TLDs and SLDs in ASCII only. Is there
> any way to police the use of words? And this would be ASCII only. What
> about the Hangu, Tamil or Hebrew language police?
> >
> > I see the dilemma with cases we have discussed as controversies sofar both
> on the TLD and the SLD Level (.xxx, .Amazon, .jihad). Some cases have been
> settled via courts or the UDRP. Wer have to test the new resolution
> mechanisms under the new gTLD program. We have to find ways how to rach
> rough consensus on names which have different meaning (and value) in
> different cultures. If there is good will, one can settle individual cases. If you
> have no good will, you can fight for words for centuries. Or you can
> introduce a language police which tells the four billion Internet users that it
> is not allowed that you use .anything in a domain name. And if you ignore it,
> than you have to spend years in a cyberjail (under California Law in
> Guantanamo)!!!
> >
> > see:
> > http://www.omniglot.com/writing/langalph.htm
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_writing_system
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Carlos Afonso
> > Gesendet: Do 26.03.2015 18:00
> > An: [log in to unmask]
> > Betreff: [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [ PFIR ] Harvard registers harvard.porn
> >
> > A terrible result of a new gTLDs' policy devoid of anti-extortion
> > clauses. Hundreds of new gTLDs whose business model is based on $$$
> > gained with almost forceful preemptive registration... All in name of
> > a neoliberal credo defending no restrictions for new domains. And we
> > (NCSG/NCUC) have been mute on this.
> >
> > Aren't the victims of this extortion a case for our human rights advocacy?
> >
> > --c.a.
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: [ PFIR ] Harvard registers harvard.porn
> > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:55:42 -0700
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> >
> >
> > Harvard registers harvard.porn
> >
> > http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/25/harvard-moves-protect-
> its-
> > name-reserving-harvard-porn-
> domain/Ee7P8m1zS9dDMGg69FakXL/story.html
> >
> > In an effort to keep outsiders from corrupting their trademarks, area
> > colleges are snapping up controversial domain names like ".porn" and
> > ".adult" before they are available to the public for purchase this
> > summer.
> >
> > - - -
> >
> > And what are they going to do about harvard-porn.com and
> > harvardporn.com and harvardporn.org and harvard-porn.org and ...
> >
> > --Lauren--
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