Re: [idn] Tilde

[YangWoo Ko <yw@mrko.pe.kr>]

I don't believe that a few technical mesaures can save us from all
possible legal pitfalls. However, if there is anything for registries to
exercise to reduce possibilites, they will/shall do it as far as they do
not break standards and others contracts.

One of nice features of domain name in the context of really
commercialized Internet is that it can live with off-line world. We can
use it at advertisements on bus, TV and we can add our homepage's URIs
in name cards. In this regard, looking similar characters should be
allowed in a very cautious way. That's why ICANN suggested inclusion
based approach.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 09:15:19AM +0900, tedd wrote:
> Martin wrote:
> 
>      There are good reasons for registrars to implement such policies.
>      Otherwise, somebody could register "miÒrosoft.com", where the
>      letter "c" is actually "CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES" - and that
>      just happens to look similar to a latin "c" in most fonts.
> 
>      Therefore, registrars need policies to prevent that from happening.
>      One such policy is "if one letter is cyrillic, they all have to be".
>      I don't actually know whether Verisign has a policy for valid
>      labels in the cyrillic script, but if there should be a policy,
>      the registrar is the place where to enforce it.
> 
> Of that, I'm not so sure.
> 
> The process you are focusing on is prohibiting abuse rather than providing more
> opportunity for "law bidding" users. In other words, you're hurting all,
> because of a few.
> 
> Clearly, if Microsoft has problems with someone mimicking their name, then
> there are the courts and ICANN and other avenues for recourse. The Internet is
> not that much different than any other publishing industry. If you want to
> regulate it from the get-go, then I suspect that you will face more than your
> share of problems.
> 
> For example, recently the Casinos in Las Vegas was approached by Homeland
> Security with tapes of suspected terrorist. However, the Casinos turned down
> the offer. Why? Because by viewing the tapes, they opened themselves to more
> liability if anything happened. As Jay Leno said last night on the Tonight show
> "They are more afraid of Lawyers than of Terrorist."
> 
> Likewise, if the actions of the IETF IDN (or whomever) is to limit certain code
> points in an effort to prohibit the aforementioned abuse, then they are also
> assuming liability if someone out-thinks them.
> 
> Interesting, don't you think?
> 
> tedd
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