[ga] RFC 2240: A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

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4.2 The case for legal names

   This proposal allows for country domain names that
are related to legally registered names in the country
that they are based by creating a functional heirarchy
beneath the country TLD.

   This proposal does not seek to do away with gTLDs,
but rather that a legal name should be sought first
and then, if desired, a generic name could be used
alongside it. The organisation would then, in case of
any disputes, have a legally-held name which no other
organisation could have any claim to.

   This proposal has several advantages:

   a) The process of deciding what names belong to
which organisation is no longer a function of the
domain name registry, but of the company registration
authority in the given country. This means that
disputes over names cannot arise as all names are
unique within the context of the legal company title.

   b) As all names are unique, there should be no
exhaustion   (deliberately or otherwise) of
'desirable' names by other  concerns, as all the
owners of legally-held company names will 
automatically have the right to the relevant domain
name.

4.3 Allocation of legal SLDs

   The second level domain identifiers should be
created from the existing company indentifiers within
the given country.  For example:

     LTD.UK   for limited companies in the UK
     PLC.UK   for public companies in the UK
     INC.US   for incorpated bodies in the US
     CORP.US  for corporations in the US
     GMBH.DE  for German companies

   The registries for the appropriate top-level
country domain should create and manage the
sub-domains based on the laws for allocating company
names in that particular country. 

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