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 > > From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List > > <[log in to unmask]> > > Reply-To: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List > > <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > 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-- > > Lauren Weinstein ([log in to unmask]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > > Founder: > > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: > > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: > > http://lauren.vortex.com > > Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pfir mailing list > > http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir > >