[process2-comments] RFC-1

 Name: michaael coy Organization: case western reserve university Position: student There is something to be said for stability. A domain name is how a person/organization is reckognized on the internet, and if anyone with the remotest tie to the name can swipe it away through a complaint, this will wreak havok on the system. The number of domains is limited. There *will* be conflicts. And there are multiple legitamate uses for nearly every name. In my opinion, the policy for dispute resolution should lean heavily towards the defendant. If he has already been using the name in any reasonable sense, then it should remain his. The only case where a domain should be transferred away is in the case where teh defendant registered the domain for hte sole purpose of injuring the plaintiff. If domains can be stolen away by the most frivolous complaint, then this will defeat the purpose of the domain name system -- to provide an easier way to remember a site. If a site's domain name will change once or twice a year (as it will if this is passed) then one would be better off distributing their IP's instead because at least that will be static. What we need is more restrictive rules on domain name transfers, not more lax ones! Please can this outrageous proposal.