Aspects
of Domain Names
This
list is intended to grow naturally. Please email
me with lists of aspects that you can think of.
Domain Names are a Public Resource.
Domain Names are Private Property.
Domain Names are currently subject to lease contracts
with registrars.
Domain Names are a mnemonic aid for web site location.
Domain Names can be a mnemonic aid for an IP address.
Domain Names are a mnemonic aid (as MX record) to address
an Individual or Organization via email.
Domain Names are a unique identifier of an Internet presence.
Domain Names can appear in thousands of links embedded
in web sites and thus acquire economic value for the registrant.
Domain Names can be listed as Assets on companies' balance
sheets.
Domain Names can be ordered sold to satisfy creditors.
Domain Names create wealth.
Domain Names can be used as vehicles of on-line (free)
"Speech".
Domain Names can create copyrights.
Domain Names can be used to establish, re-inforce or infringe
on Trade Marks.
Domain Names give independence from ISP's
Domain
Names are a lucrative global industry.
Domain Names are assigned according to a process which currently
confers no legal
rights to the holders of domain names.
Domain Names can be bequeathed as heirlooms (witness the recent
rise of baby
domain names).
Domain Names can determine the potential for success in an
online venture.Domain
Names are assigned through a registration process.
Domain Names lack a qualification of the
assignment properties (rights) conferred with the creation/acquisition
of a domain name. Domain Names are
a status symbol.Domain Names can be
subdivided into sub-domains.Domain
Names are a much sought after commodity.Domain
Names are the very reason for the existence of the ICANN
and its DNSO.
Domain Names are assigned through
a registration process that identifies,
publishes and sells the physical contact details of registrants.
(Joanna)
Domain Names can be transferred
from registrar to registrar (usually).
Domain Name prices vary,
as do the ancillary services provided with registration
by
the various registrars.
Domain Names are publications,
as they allow for communication of information to
the public.
Domain Names are created
by the original registrant.
Domain Names can be registered
from one up to ten years.
Domain Names are convenient
points of reference.
Domain Names that exactly
resemble natural language words or phrases are generally
the most coveted. (Sotiris)
Domain Names may even be a declaration of love or a mariage
proposition...
They can be insults...
The FQDNs - Fully Qualified Domain Names are either user
decided mnemonic strings in a semantic sequence registred
in an user chosen registry or significant strings produced
by a service partnering with a registery to be used in
the DNS program either to resolve then into IP coordinates
or to produce an equivalent alias.
In a nutshell they are the continuation in the virtual
of the geographical and postal addressing systems.
They
are the cyberspace car plates. (jefsey)
The domain name space is a tree structure.
Each node and leaf
on the tree ...Each node has a label, ... One label is
reserved, and that is the null (i.e., zero length) label
used
for the root. The domain name of a node is the list of
the
labels on the path from the node to the root of the tree.
By
convention, the labels that compose a domain name are
printed
or read left to right, from the most specific (lowest,
farthest from the root) to the least specific (highest,
closest to the root). (Domain names and DNS)
The Court said:
n1 "[A] domain name consists of a second-level
domain, freely selected
by the individual registering the name, followed by a
top-level
domain, such as '.com,' '.net,' or '.org'." TCPIP
Holding Co., Inc.
v. Haar Communications, Inc., 244 F.3d 88, 91 n.3 (2d
Cir. 2001).
What Registered Domain Names are NOT
Property of Registries or Registrars
Property of ICANN
Property of WIPO
(sotiris)
last updated: 4 July, 2001
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