FTC to Resolve Domain Issues

On Mon, Jun 09, 1997 at 04:40:58PM -0500, Jim Fleming wrote:
> The U.S. Federal Trade Commission just announced
> that it will be starting a process to resolve the domain
> name issues. Evidently, they plan to start with a clean
> slate and of course their charters will guide their actions.
> 
> Here are some excerpts...
> 
> @@@@ http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/history1.htm
> 
> "The Federal Trade Commission enforces a variety of
> federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. The
> Commission seeks to ensure that the nation's markets
> function competitively, and are vigorous, efficient, and
> free of undue restrictions."
> 
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> 
> 
> @@@@ http://www.ftc.gov/bc/mission.htm
> 
> "The FTC's antitrust arm, the Bureau of Competition, seeks
> to prevent business practices that restrain competition.
> As a result, purchasers benefit from lower prices and
> greater availability of products and services."
> 
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> 
> 
> Evidently, the FTC's actions are being applauded (literally)
> by many commercial Internet companies that realize that
> these actions are now necessary in light of the actions of
> some of the so-called, Internet leaders, during the past few
> years.
> 
> --
> Jim Fleming
> Unir Corporation
> http://www.Unir.Corp

Well I'll be damned.

Its about time.

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