Re: [ga] .et wildcarded

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David, JFC and Joe,

Let's be realistic here. Following in the steps of the .cm ccTLD, the main 
purpose of wildcarding the .et ccTLD is to facilitate typosquatting on a 
massive scale. The vast majority of trademark owners and lawyers who see 
these non-existing domains resolving to parking pages will incorrectly 
assume that domain registrants are intentionally exploiting the trademark 
rights of others. IMO, clear abuses of intellectual property rights such as 
these, encourage the media to continue to broadly mislabel all domainers as 
cybersquatters, even domainers who are legitimate domain registrants that 
respect the intellectual property rights of others. This incorrect 
stereotyping of domain registrants leads to a weakening of domain registrant 
rights.

I am not a lawyer and these are only my personal opinions. If you require 
legal advice, you should seek qualified legal counsel.

Note: My original reply from yesterday did not make it to the GA list. 
Please excuse any possible duplication.

Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TLDA Member (David Scott)" <tlda@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] .et wildcarded


> So in theory, would it be good practice, to wildcard to an A / AAA record
> and have a no website at this name.
>
> Then would everything get a resolve, and a response, overall reducing the 
> bouncing DNS lookup?
>
> Although the problem, I see is the TLD's that are not resolved due to the 
> lack of knowledge in the ICANN circle.
>
> What good is a wildcard if the zone can not be found?
>
> David Scott ucann2.org
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> JFC Morfin wrote:
> > At 03:17 19/11/2007, Joe Baptista wrote:
> > > Wildcards in fact are a good thing from the dns perspective.  They 
> > > reduce overall traffic to the zone.
> >
> > Very good point.
> > jfc