At 04:19 PM 7/7/99 +1000, Mark Hughes wrote:
[snip]
> If we believe that having rules for eligibility and restrictions on
> generic names delivers benefits, then we should be able to support
> that belief by showing how a lack of such rules has caused problems in
> .nz, .com, .net, etc.  
[snip]

Re: rules for eligibility of names and how lack of them have caused problems.

US Congress, ICANN and WIPO appear to have a problem with FCFS (though not
with generic names).

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,35983,00.html?st.ne.ni.rel

> Domain restrictions target cybersquatters 
>      By Courtney Macavinta
>      Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>      May 3, 1999, 1:25 p.m. PT 
[snip]
> Cybersquatting has been at the center of an international debate over how
to 
> handle trademark disputes over domain names, which historically have been
granted 
> on a first-come, first-served basis.
> 
> Congress is not alone in trying to tackle the issue. The Internet
Corporation 
> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is in charge of the Net's
core 
> technical functions, also is pushing a hot-button proposal introduced by
the World 
> Intellectual Property Organization that would give "famous" trademark
holders around
> the globe special claims on domain names.
[snip]

Mark Nearhos