Congratulations and thanks for sharing the news.
Best regards,
Hakik
At 17:18 11-06-2010, Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:
Dear
all,
To those interested, my book on domain name regulation has just been
published. I am including a blurb from my publishers and some information
where to find it.
With many thanks
KK
Routledge have just published the following book which you may find of
interest. It is available now from all good bookstores, or direct from
our website.
The Current State of Domain Name
Regulation
Domain Names as Second Class
Citizens in a Mark-dominated World
By Konstantinos Komaitis
In this book Konstantinos Komaitis identifies a tripartite problem –
intellectual, institutional and ethical – inherent in the domain name
regulation culture. Using the theory of property, Komaitis discusses
domain names as sui generis ‘e-property’ rights and analyses the
experience of the past ten years, through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection
Act (ACPA). The institutional deficit he identifies, generates a further
discussion on the ethical dimensions in the regulation of domain names
and prompts Komaitis to suggest the creation of an environment based on
justice.
The relationship between trademarks and domain names has always been
contentious and the existing institutions of the UDRP and ACPA have not
assisted in alleviating the tension between the two identifiers. Over the
past ten years, the trademark community has been systematic in
encouraging and promoting a culture that indiscriminately considers
domain names as secondclass citizens, suggesting that trademark rights
should have priority over the registration in the domain name space.
Komaitis disputes this assertion and brings to light the injustices and
the trademark-oriented nature of the UDRP and ACPA. He queries what the
appropriate legal source to protect registrants when not seeking to
promote trademark interests is. He also delineates a legal hypothesis on
their nature as well as the steps of their institutionalisation process
that we need to reverse, seeking to create a just framework for the
regulation of domain names. Finally he explores how the current policies
contribute to the philosophy of domain names as second-class citizens.
With these questions in mind, Komaitis suggests some recommendations
concerning the reconfiguration of the regulation of domain
names.
June 2010: 296pp
HB: 978-0-415-47776-5: £75.00
eBook: 978-0-203-84958-3
For more information including a table of contents, or to order your
copy, please visit
http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765
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http://www.routledge.com/9780415477765
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GigaNet Membership Chair,
University of Strathclyde,
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UK
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