George Kirikos wrote:
>
>1) It gives IP claimants superior rights by default. Other claimants
>who are EQUALLY legitimate are given fewer rights. e.g. if a farmer
>wanted to have apple.com they'd be behind Apple Computer, and dozens of
>other folks with "Apple" trademarks.
>
Which seems perfectly fair to me. It serves the users who are far more
likely to be looking for Apple Computer when they type in apple.com.
>2) Random lotteries are open to major abuse (and can become illegal
>lotteries, as .biz became). If the lotteries are 'free', they're open
>to gaming by multiple applications. If they're not free, "rich" people
>can still get multiple applications, to improve their odds.
>
>
Free lotteries are as open to gaming as first-come-first-served
automated hunts are. If you can afford 300 computers to try to
register, you have a better chance than those of us with one.
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