[NA-Discuss] Personal Names in the DNS

[Danny Younger]

Finally... a DNS-related discussion has emerged on
web405:

The issue concerns the registration of individual
names.  An example was cited of a teacher whose
personal name was registered by another person with
the intent to make her look bad.  The initial proposal
was that the proper name of a human being should be
restricted in the DNS only to those people with that
particular name.  

Further discussions noted that the UDRP is not the
proper vehicle for a resolution of this type of
dispute (...and we all know that revisions to the UDRP
have been warranted for some time).

This is a topic that the "Protection of the Rights of
Others Working Group" didn't touch (as their sole
focus appears to be on enhancing protections for
commercial Intellectual Property interests).

In my view, this issue bears examination.  If others
agree, an Issues Report should be requested.






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