Interesting little tattle, isn't it? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/dot_web_review/ -Carlton
I still have an active, paid contract for cavebear.web with the original .web (by IOD) here in California. It has been active for roughly as long as ICANN has been in existence. Yeah, it hasn't been in the NTIA/ICANN/Verisign root system, but ICANN is not some sort of god that has a right, legal or otherwise, to supplant uses that occurs outside of its purview or without its approval. That suggests, perhaps, that use of the term and domain name ".web" by any other provider here in the State of California could be a form of unfair business practice and thus prohibited. Would anyone want to pay $$ for a top level domain over which there would be a cloud over its use in the State of California? --karl-- On 12/8/18 3:33 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
Interesting little tattle, isn't it?
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/dot_web_review/
-Carlton
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Karl: I recall because you gave me a bit of the background several years ago. Maybe you should brief Kieran on the historical facts? Makes for interesting copy. Cheers. -Carlton On Sat, 8 Dec 2018, 7:39 pm Karl Auerbach <karl@cavebear.com wrote:
I still have an active, paid contract for cavebear.web with the original .web (by IOD) here in California. It has been active for roughly as long as ICANN has been in existence.
Yeah, it hasn't been in the NTIA/ICANN/Verisign root system, but ICANN is not some sort of god that has a right, legal or otherwise, to supplant uses that occurs outside of its purview or without its approval.
That suggests, perhaps, that use of the term and domain name ".web" by any other provider here in the State of California could be a form of unfair business practice and thus prohibited.
Would anyone want to pay $$ for a top level domain over which there would be a cloud over its use in the State of California? --karl--
On 12/8/18 3:33 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
Interesting little tattle, isn't it?
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/dot_web_review/
-Carlton
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When it comes to substantial financial interests, it looks ugly indeed ... Kaili ----- Original Message ----- From: Carlton Samuels To: lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: At-Large Worldwide Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2018 7:33 AM Subject: [At-Large] Say Whut! Interesting little tattle, isn't it? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/dot_web_review/ -Carlton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
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