| Someone - definitely, but who?
The big players are sitting comfortably on their millions made and are able to easily defend themselves from most WIPO cases (no offense to any of them here). They rarely get hit with the scams because they've been in the industry long enough to not get hit by them. They have the power but very few, if any, are doing anything about the condition of the industry. I've even tried to see if any in Florida would be willing to run for senate against Mr. Snowe Bill banner carrier, Bill Nelson himself, no responses.
The little guys (and hobby domainers) will get squashed like a bug on an 18-wheeler's windshield. The little guys are having a hard time deciding if they should renew domain A or B counting their finances in $7-$10 increments.
The people in the middle are working hard to keep their own businesses going as strongly as they can.
WIPO is a joke that clearly favors TM holders and complainants (I've seen some very sad ones). The only punishment for abusing WIPO is the fee.
I haven't seen the ICA do much over the past several years (didn't one of the founding members resign from them last year?).
ICANN only wants to bring in more money so their head honchos can buy the newest "things".
Parking companies, even though they rely on us for their revenue streams, generally don't get involved with things like this since they seem to have the mentality that they aren't effected by this.
Registrars won't get involved - they'll still get their renewal fees no matter who they come from and how the domains were acquired.
The sad truth is that many people believe that "I won't make a difference" which isn't true. Just imagine if this community (active members) got involved? You do have some high rollers in the game, Adam (GoDaddy), Donny (Parked.com), Moniker, Sedo, and I'm sure a few others. We have many middle-level players and many lower end players. We'd have the whole spectrum there and I'm sure if THIS community banded together we might get some changes made.
But - we're all busy. I have my full time job, someone else has their business to run, and so on. |