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 >