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+1 also.<br>
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The fee is legitimate as the .sucks purpose is criticism, criticism
of many things and, importantly, brands. <br>
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By the very nature of the TLD, the risk that monsanto.sucks or
mcdonald.sucks will constitue trademark infringement are minimal.
Thus, the TMCH period essentially is, in the case of .sucks, an
anti-innovation and anti-free speech mechanism. <br>
<br>
I would have liked to see the registry go a step further by somehow
outlawing (brand [as well as all]) cyberquatting as well. Is there a
way registries can have anti-cybersquatting policies? We spoke often
here of a mandate to use domains, is such a mandate implementable?
Can registries furthermore constrain the scope of domain use within
a TLD? This is what was done with .doc is it not? Could we run a
.noncom TLD where we would constrain uses to non-commercial ones for
instance, and remove the domains that aren't complying after a
while?<br>
<br>
Nicolas<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-03-28 12:00 PM, Kathy Kleiman
wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">+1 to Milton. I remember the old days
when there was no way in a domain name to criticize a trademark
owner without losing your domain name. Newspapers could
criticize and critique large companies for practices they did
not like even in headlines (such as abuse of migrant workers);
Saturday Night Live (a popular US TV show) could parody; but not
in domain names.<br>
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For years we posited a ".SUCKS" domain name where you could
register a trademark and make it very clear that the domain name
was going to be used for legal expression - to criticize,
critique and parody. I remember talking about how much I wanted
it years ago - long before the New gTLD program. How it would
make life clearer online and provide clear protections for
speakers. <br>
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$2500 is a lot of money, but not out of line with what is being
asked by other New gTLD Registries. I heard that one new
registry is demanding the absurd price of $30,000 for its
"landrush" domain names -- and that's truly extortion. But $2500
while high is ballpark - that chance to pull your (your
company's) trademark out of .SUCKS and not be part of the free
speech and discussion to come. <br>
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Best,<br>
Kathy<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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on .sucks side on this one. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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effect, the .sucks domain seems to be engaged in a
legitimate form of price discrimination between brand
owners who want to suppress critical expression about
their brands and people who actually want to use the
domain for its intended purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Extortion
means that one is threatened with violence or some other
form of illegal harm if one doesn’t pay up. The idea that
paying a high fee to preempt the mere possibility that
someone might register and use a critical domain such as
brand.sucks is not extortion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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NCSG-Discuss [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafik Dammak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 27, 2015 6:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-Discuss] [Info] IPC Letter to
ICANN regarding .SUCKS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> +1 <br>
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<p>Hi everyone<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Please find attached the letter sent by IPC to ICANN
about .sucks .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best Regards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Rafik <o:p></o:p></p>
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