Domain Name Legality

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I didn't knew where to post this, but since its consequences and purpouses was the denial, so I found that it could well fit here.

 

I won't give examples of Turkish or Azeris websites, where in the address the word Armenian is writen, be it in Turkish language, English language, or whatever language...

 

There is way to stop those sites and claim the domain name and change the containt... the WIPO(The World Intellectual Property Organization), that 177 states are members of, has specific recommendations. From those recommendations, they treat about Names of Indigenous Peoples, presented in the Report of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process in September 3, 2001.

 

In the introduction, it writes.

 

The Report finds that there is considerable evidence of the registration and use of the identifiers examined in the Report as domain names by persons who might be considered not to be properly entitled to use the identifiers in question. Moreover, it is clear from the comments received by WIPO in the process leading to the Report that the registration of these identifiers as domain names by such persons offends many sensitivities. For example, many commentators considered that the registration as domain names of the names of eminent political, scientific or religious persons, or the names of countries, cities or indigenous peoples, by parties without any association with the persons, places or peoples concerned, was unacceptable.

 

 

Now about Indigenous Peoples

 

 

Names of Indigenous Peoples

 

262. The question of the protection of the intellectual property rights of the world’s indigenous peoples has received increasing attention over the last several years.[269] While global trade in the creations and knowledge of indigenous peoples has yielded important returns for some, it is felt by others that such commercial exploitation has not always been in harmony with the rights or expectations of the peoples concerned. In light of this ongoing policy debate, it seems appropriate to consider the incidence of the registration of the names of indigenous peoples as domain names. Annex XIV sets out details concerning domain name registrations of a number of well-known indigenous peoples.

 

263. The following remarks may be made with respect to the information contained in Annex XIV:

 

(i) Hardly any of the names in Annex XIV have been registered by persons or entities that are recognized as representing the people denoted by the domain name.

 

(ii) Except for those domain names corresponding to the names of peoples from the North American region, most domain names in Annex XIV have been registered in the names of persons or entities that are residing or located in countries that are different from the countries of the peoples concerned.

 

(iii) The activities conducted under the domain names in Annex XIV only rarely are aimed at providing information about the peoples concerned.

 

(iv) Most activities that are conducted under the domain names in Annex XIV fall under one of the following categories: no activity (DNS lookup error or holding page), general information or portal sites (of widely differing varieties) of a person or entity which does not appear to represent the people, website of company with a (product) name corresponding to the name of the people, and personal website of an individual whose first name corresponds to the name of a people.

 

(v) In one case in Annex XIV, the domain name is offered for sale.

 

 

Armenians being an Indigenous people in Turkey, a site misrepresenting them could find itself losing its domain address.

 

 

The organizations Office of Legal and Organization Affairs Telephone number (41 22) 338-8138, Fax: (41 22) 338 8090,

 

Internet address: http://wipo2.wipo.int

e-mail: ecommerce@wipo.int

 

The organization can take part in the mediation of such cases, I am expecting that some Armenian organizations or individuals would take action by using the service.