Re: [ga] Equity Enhancing gTLD Auctions

[sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The most equitabe solution is the 'first come first served' registration
process PERIOD.  Sunrise periods and related approaches are flawed because
they assume inter alia abuse and trademark violation if a domain name is
registered by someone other than a current or preceeding trademark holder.
 Of course, this is ludicrous and reminds me of the relatively recent film
"Minority Report" where crimes are thwarted by a group of mutants who have
the ability to 'see' the future and 'criminals' are apprehended BEFORE
they actually commit their crime and they are charged according to
probable INTENT as opposed to actual criminal actions.  So it is with
trademark law and domain names; the fact is, trademark law is intended to
protect a specific word mark for a specific service or product and NOT to
preclude use of a specific word for a different and unrelated service or
product.  The current udrp is flawed and ought to be entirely re-vamped
along with a scrapping of such things as "sunrise" periods as they are at
bottom inequitable.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos

> Excerpt:
>
> "The case that gTLD auctions would enhance efficiency
> is impeccable, both as a matter of economic theory and
> as a matter of the 75 years of FCC experience with the
> disastrous "beauty-contest" approach. But what about
> the global digital divide?  Won't auctions widen the
> divide, by giving the first world a comparative
> advantage in access to the root? This problem must be
> avoided, and it can be avoided by Equity Enhancing
> gTLD Auctions. How can auctions enhance equity?
>
> The Basic Idea: Auction Revenues Set Aside to Overcome
> the Global Digital Divide
>
> The basic concept of an Equity Enhancing Auction is
> that the proceeds of gTLD auctions should be dedicated
> to programs that overcome the global digital divide.
> gTLD auctions should not be give-aways to first-world
> firms. Rather, auctions should be designed so that
> bidders must compete with each other, insuring that
> new commercial gTLDs go to the highest and best use.
> Such an auction will produce substantial surplus
> revenues which should be placed in an equity
> endowment."
>
> http://gtld-auctions.net/eeauctions.html
>
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