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WIPO RFC-3
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Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:35:47 -0500

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Feb. 27, 1999

It has come to my attention that the WIPO has not considered the most important point of the Internet. This collection of sites that are all connected together by a slow and poorly funded network should be seen as an oppertunity for growth. In regard to your report which seems to be very "one-sided", geared toward the use of the Internet as a comercial venture, is a low-blow to what it was intended to supply the users.
As for domain names, servers that may contain the same domain name as others can trigger a query in the request for your attempt to view a URL. The result of this query can be presented to the user as an error code indicating a conflict that must require user intervention to resolve. Each of the URL's would be listed on the error page along with any special information supplied by each of the severs. This information would clearly identify each site the URL would take the user to. Information may contain, but not limited to, the site name, content, purpose, and site location.
Only this way could the problem of multiple site domain names be controled, by the end user. This too would force many site administrators to think twice of picking a domain name. Also, in many respects this could become yet another tool which could be used by search engines.
In closing, the WIPO must temper their judgement in this matter with the fact that the Internet is a collection of information. Some good, some comercial, and some bad. If the WIPO wishes to patrol domain names, that's fine. But to limit anything as simple as a name, less words that may indicate profanity, should NOT be done. The Internet can be a powerful way to advertise, supply needed information, and keep in touch, but remember, someone who enters this network does so at their own risk. Laws for such a network which has no name or address can be made to serve one person, the end user.

Thank You

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