[process2-comments] RFC-1

 Name: gregory rippel Organization: u.s. realty corp Position: president Again, there is a proposal on the table that would cause more problems than it would solve. In addressing these recent proposals I would like to point out a few hypothetical scenarios. 1) PERSONAL NAMES: My name is John Smith, I reserve www.johnsmith.com, how in the world could you justify taking it from me, the first to register the domain, and give it to another "John Smith"? What kind of an arguement could the second "John Smith" possibly have that would make him "superior" to the first? Because he is a celebrity? Hardly! Because he is a wealthy business man? No way! The reservation of personal names by people who have or can show a reasonable use of the domain have a perfectly legitimate right to the domain. The names were handed out on a "first-come, first-served" basis. If this approach was wrong, too bad! Like a business located in a newly re-zoned location, that no longer allows for that type of use, you don't tear down or force out the proprietor, but "grandfather" ! them in, not allowing FUTURE business uses to occur. If the reservation of personal names needs to monitored in the future, to make sure they are used properly (try and define proper use now), then propose that, but don't propose to "take away" something that was offered and reserved under the legitimate system that was in place at the time! 2) TRADE NAMES: Do you honestly know how many Trade Names there are in just the U.S.? There could be 50 REGISTERED Trade Names, one in each State, all identical, and in the same or similar industries without any problems between them. Not until one of the companies become BIG and Tradmarks their name would there be any problems. How on earth could you possibly come up with a FAIR system to decide who gets "www.seasideresort.com" or "www.momsdiner.com"? It would be impossible and the outcome would be unjust, no matter how you attemp it! Leave Trade names alone! Just because I own "Moms Diner" in Walla Walla, Washington, I am not entitled ! to take www.momsdiner.com" away from a business person who al! so owns a "Moms Diner" in Indio, California or anywhere else for that matter. It just amazes me that this type of action could even have come this far if "thinking" people were in charge of these proposals! 3) GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: I recently saw a domain names taken from a holder, I believe they were from Spain, and i believe the domain was Barcelona.com. What an injustice! An outrage! DOT "com" was designated for commercial endevours. NOT GOVERNMENT SITES!!! Why should this person(s) be prevented from running a site dedicated to travel, tourism, night life, etc. in Barcelon? Because the Government spoke! Totally outrageous! Keep the geographic domains such as www.barcelona.gov in the hands of the Government, but please, leave the .coms, .nets and .orgs in the hands of the PEOPLE!