I'm on record saying I love this idea.

What do you envision? Actions such as trying to have NCSG run this TLD, 
making representation to some other orgs to convince them this is a good 
idea, or some other degree of DIY approah?

Or rather enshrining the principle that some gTLD may self-regulate away 
from the trademark-first mentality, or some other degree of "prepare the 
regulatory grounds for cool applications" approach?

Nicolas

On 10/5/2011 12:28 PM, Timothe Litt wrote:
> So why can't we focus some energy on protecting the rest of the 
> membership?  I suggested .TFZ (trademark free zone) a while back, but 
> although there were no alternatives offered, the consensus was that 
> anything that could be seen as weakening a trademark anywhere was was 
> unacceptable to the members holding trademarks.  So we seem to be 
> focused on (even only responsive to) trademark issues - albeit for 
> "non-commercial" holders.
> If all we're going to be is a niche in the trademark wars, I don't see 
> what NCSG is doing for me...
> I'd like to hear from the candidates - what ideas do you have for 
> protecting the domain name interests of the non-trademark holding 
> members?  How can we reconcile the trademark holders' interests, which 
> are recognized in law, with the interests of those who can't obtain 
> trademarks for their uses and have no law to fall back on?  Surely we 
> can come up with administrative/policy solutions - or even advocate 
> for appropriate law?
> I'd also like to see other members take an interest in something other 
> than how to tweak trademark-based rules... (And once in a while, Whois 
> privacy :-)
>
> Timothe Litt
> ACM Distinguished Engineer
>