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:
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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