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Bill Sheehan, Jr. wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:38:35 GMT, w.sheehan@worldnet.att.net (Bill
> Sheehan, Jr.) wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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)
> >
> I have been told by someone who knows someone who wrote an article on
> the subject that this is not true. It is some kind of urban myth, but
> then again I haven't talked to anyone from interNIC.

InterNICs policy is online here for clarification if anyone is interested.

  http://www.internic.net/domain-info/internic-domain-6.html

-Tim