Re: [UA-discuss] FW: I-D Action: draft-klensin-idna-rfc5891bis-00.txt
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 01:22:52PM +0000, Mark Svancarek via UA-discuss wrote:
"Your requested domain name Q has been identified as one likely to cause user confusions due to its mix of characters and character sets. (See our Confusables Policy, here). As a result, ownership of this domain name must be bundled with the following additional domain names: X Y Z This bundle of domain names is available for the low price of $$. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer the domain name Q separately from this bundle. If you are not interested in this bundle, might we suggest the following alternatives: H J K
I think most registries doing any kind of variants mostly do this sort of thing.
Andrew, from personal experience, I would beg to differ with you. Registries most definitely are not doing any such thing. As far as I can see, very few, if any, policies are in effect. I have seen and been able to buy domains (with the full knowledge and consent of the trademark holder) that one would not believe possible. I have seen, from my monitoring that many others have bought domains which I suspect are NOT with the full knowledge and consent of the trademark holder or as a part of a bundle. Nalini
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 02:55:55PM +0000, nalini.elkins@insidethestack.com wrote>
I think most registries doing any kind of variants mostly do this sort of thing.
Andrew, from personal experience, I would beg to differ with you. Registries most definitely are not doing any such thing.
I think you need to distinguish between "registries doing any kind of variants" and "registries who treat every registration as independent". I've been working in this area since 2003 with various registries, and registries who do have policies about variants most certainly _are_ doing this sort of thing. But there are also registries that do not recognise variants _at all_: they treat each registration as separate. They are indeed subject to this sort of thing. It's worth noting that, to some extent, there is literally nothing we can do about this. The overarching problem of confusables is a problem of character repertoire, typography, human-computer interfaces, and psychodynamics. In the right context, "corn" and "com" look pretty similar. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com
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