Re: [ga] .et wildcarded

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see your point below.  However this is not something I consider when 
wildcarding.  To me wildcarding is a technical solution.  I was once 
against it myself but as I have watched the error stats grow I am more 
convenced then ever its a good solution.  I see the legal concerns you 
have expressed here but its not a technical concern to me.
cheers
joe baptista

Prophet Partners Inc. wrote:

> 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
> > UCANN2 - see the world's network
> >
> > Mobile ::  +1-404-642-8161
> > Office ::  +1-770-267-4361
> >
> >
> > 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

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