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Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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lugnet.publish
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 23:37:58 GMT
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lpieniazek@SPAMCAKEnovera.com
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Matthew Miller wrote:
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> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > Maybe what they mean is simply 'lego' appearing anywhere between the initial
> > 'http://' and the first standalone '/', i.e.
> > http://in.this.area/but/not/in/this/area
>
> Well maybe. But they certainly don't say that!
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> And, to beat the proverbial deceased large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal a
> bit more, they _do_ say that what they're concerned with is confusion over
> just who owns/sponsors the site. It only takes an elementary understanding
> of the system to realise that lego.blah.org is something connected with
> blah, not with lego. I hope that that is fairly common knowledge these days.
Look. I think people are basically good and smart and all that. (1) But
I think you're presuming a bit much about Joe Unwashed and his knowledge
of the nuances of domain names.
Joe Unwashed has about a 50% chance(2) of thinking lego.gerf.org is
somehow related to TLG. That's just the way it is. Matt, you're smarter
than most of the rest of us (3) but I think you're wrong about this, as
is Dr. What. Just my opinion.
> Back when they forced the legowww.homepages.com site to shut down, the
> lawyers obviously didn't understand that. Maybe I'm giving lawyers too much
> credit :) but I hope that with the explosion of the internet that's happened
> since then, they have a better grasp now.
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> I think that most reasonable people wouldn't be confused. Maybe I'm giving
> most people too much credit.
Yes. Reasonable people, and especially lawyers.
1 - if you didn't know I think that you haven't been paying attention to
.debate. Probably a wise move on your part, but still... try to keep up.
:-)
2 - I sprung this question on 4 people who fit the profile. 2 were
confused.
3 - Except Mad Hatter, he's smarter than all of us. Just ask him.
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| (...) The problem is that this really is a new medium. The people who wrote the Fair Play statement don't seem to understand it completely, but what they do say actually is pretty reasonable. Although I've got issues with connecting DNS and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) And, to beat the proverbial deceased large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal a bit more, they _do_ say that what they're concerned with is confusion over just who owns/sponsors the site. It only takes an elementary understanding of the system to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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