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WIPO RFC-3
darnell@radioblack.com
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:06:57 -0500

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I am a small business owner. This proposal would allow a larger
company to either make a product or claim something they market
is similar to the name of one of my web sites. Just be cause they
are larger (have more money to fight in court), they could then take my domain name that I may have had
before that company (or the company's product) even existed.

This is anti-competitive in nature and caters to big business. If
a company is not smart enough to claim a unique domain name, smaller
businesses should not suffer.

If you wish to stop the resale of domain names not being used by a
company, than a company desiring a domain name should only get it when
that domain name IS NOT BEING USED BY THE CURRENT OWNER. If a domain
is being used for any purpose by its current owner, no one (company
or otherwise) should have the right to STEAL something that was already
purchased. If so, there should be compensation given to the current
domain owner, because their business is being infringed upon by the
larger corporation. This proposal does not view companies equally under
the law. I'm not trying to justify when a domain is purchased but
not used, for the purpose of reselling it. I'm talking about a domain
that is purchased and really being used for any reason at all.

Not to mention domains used for personal use. An individual should have
the right to own a domain for personal use and not have it STOLEN
by a corporation. Even if a corporation can STEAL the domain name, compensation should be given.

No company with the same name as a town or city has the right
to build anywhere int that city without paying for the land FIRST!!! And if the land is already being used, a corporation can not just TAKE
the land in court from the current owner. The corporation must first buy the land from the current owner. Land in cyberspace (domain names)
should be no different with respect to domains already in use.

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