🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:41:12 GMT, kpollak@nospam.ca (Karl Pollak)
wrote:

>
>I was speaking of the scoutnet domain and the service that server
>provides.  As for the wosm.org domain name, that is a matter for WOSM to
>enforce.
>

I never thought I'd say this, but "You may be correct, Karl."

 The problem is, who OWNS the domain name wosm.org? A few years ago
anybody who had access to the internet could register a domain,
whether they were entitled or not.  "Weird Old Shoe Mechanics" could
have registered that name, and to my way of thinking were entitled. A
few enterprising individuals went out an registered hundreds or
thousands of domain names, and then offered to sell the rights to use
them. Large corporations, like say Frito or Pepsi, were forced to buy
the rights to use there own trade marked name. There is currently a
move afoot to globalize the domain registry, and taking it out of the
hands of the original US group. Some here in the US and outside the US
fell that opening up to other domain registries would open up the
available domains, others feel that it will just cause even more
confusion (would you search Pepsi.com, or Pepsi.bus or Pepsi.inc) 

Perhaps what should be done is  these groups,  sue the people that
took the names, and don't have a legitimate claim to the name. You
international legal types would know better whether the copyright to
the name Pepsi includes the domain name Pepsi.com, etc.

BTW- I am not affiliated with Pepsi, I don't speak for Pepsi, or even
own stock in Pepsi. I do not have permission to use the word Pepsi. I
am however drinking a can of Pepsi as I type this. (Does this get me
off the hook?)