On 05/01/2020 22:08, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 16:59, John McCormac <jmcc@hosterstats.com <mailto:jmcc@hosterstats.com>> wrote:
But it gets back to one simple question. Who decides what people can or cannot register?
I'd be happy with something based on the regime already in widespread global use for trademarks: first-come, first-served, accompanied by an aggressive use-it-or-lose-it policy. To this I'd add restrictions on usurious resale markup.
And that gets into the argument over which "trademark" from which country has priority. :) Getting a bad flashback to the .EU fiasco and those iffy Benelux deposit "trademarks. Rather than a resale markup, a business plan and probationary period during which some real usage of the domain name for a service or website might be a better way to do things. I think that .BERLIN actually has this as part of its regulations and it is one of the stronger new gTLDs. Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc@hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com **********************************************************