Re: [ga] Kamusi.com Domain

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric and all,

  Pretty good suggestion.  Better would be to dis-accredit Godaddy
immediately.  The problem with your suggestion is a very nice
touchy-feely approach, but does not adaquately disincentivize
GoDaddy or ICANN from doing good works.

  Another middle ground approach "Might" be to fine GoDaddy's
executive staff from their own personal funds to the tune of perhaps
5 times the total number of confirmed squatted Domain Names fee
cost.  That would likely total up to a significant fine.  Than require
GoDaddy's board to dismiss each and every one of it's executives.
Also ICANN should not be left off the hook either.  The funds
collected on the confirmed squatted Domain names should be the
responsibility of the ICANN Sr. executive staff to be used to
compensate those that were squatted upon, and an additional
nominal fine to be paid by the personal funds of the executive
staff for failing to do their oversight responsibility to be used
to support needy charities.

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>
> Debbie, While I am quite interested in the language side of this
  story, I would certainly like to hear your take on the domain side. It
  would seem, on first reading and contemplation, that the approach
  taken here to "obtaining a name" worked. The Ghandiesque methodology
  and reason replaced rancour de jour and legalism. It would do a
  conflicts resolution maestro's heart good.  Perhaps it will prevail as
  set in motion with GoDaddy. Perhaps not. But it is a wonderful
  reminder that sometimes avoiding a direct conflict and justification
  is a very fine path indeed.

  --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Debbie Garside <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

       From: Debbie Garside <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
       Subject: [ga] Kamusi.com Domain
       To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
       Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 9:14 AM


       Hi

       As many of you know, The Kamusi Project is under the umbrella of the 
World
       Language Documentation Centre.

       It would appear that http://www.kamusi.com was purchased at around the 
time
       that the Director of the Kamusi Project started investigating domain 
names
       (1997).  It has had a holding page up for longer than the Director can
       remember.

       These links make interesting reading:

       http://kamusi.org/en/new_domain_name

       http://whois.domaintools.com/kamusi.com

       Can anyone shed any light on whether GoDaddy (or a subsidiary) are
       cybersquatting 7 million names as reported?

       Thanks

       Debbie Garside
       Chief Executive Officer

       PS Kamusi is Swahili for dictionary

       The World Language Documentation Centre
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       Haverfordwest
       Pembrokeshire SA61 1BW
       Wales UK

       Tel: 0044 1437 766441
       Fax: 0044 1437 766173

       Web: http://www.thewldc.org

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