RE: net.stewards [Re: BitTorrent (Was: Re: [Isms] ISMS charter br oken- onus should be on WG to fix it)]

Spencer,

	I will make three observations regarding your question. It
may be that this will help the confusion, one way or the other.

1) I will not be suckered into a search for "prior art" on this.  I
   am not certain it exists, but I am certain that its existence is
   not necessarily relevant. :-)

2) Ultimately, civilized people recognize assignment authorities as
   the mechanism by which values can become property.  Any time you
   have property, you may have either litigation, or murder, when a
   question of ownership arises.

3) Sometimes, the likelihood of an event is unmeasurable and possibly 
   irrelevant in the face of the fact that the possibility certainly 
   exists.

--
EG

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--> Subject: Re: net.stewards [Re: BitTorrent (Was: Re: [Isms] 
--> ISMS charter
--> broken- onus should be on WG to fix it)]
--> 
--> 
--> > Generally, the existence of an assignment authority does encourage
--> > its (proper) use - mostly for the reason you state above. Just as 
--> > "nobody will want to accept an official registration polluted by 
--> > prior use", "nobody" (deliberately in quotes) will want 
--> to attempt 
--> > to establish an unofficial registration using the approach you've
--> > described.  Doing so is - at the very least - going to adversely
--> > affect popularity and is very likely to result in interference and
--> > potentially even litigation.
--> 
--> "litigation"?
--> 
--> Do we have prior art that this is a likely result?
--> 
--> Spencer, honestly confused (for once)...
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