I don’t believe it’s unsolvable, though I haven’t seen a solution yet which I would consider good enough.
I would think of names as a socially agreed upon convention that can live entirely in digital space with no knowledge of meatspace.
I don’t see any reason that Apple Inc should necessarily own the name “Apple”, but in an open market they might be able to pay more than “Farmer John’s Apple Orchard, Inc.” to purchase that scarce digital asset from a previous owner.
dk / David King
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2024-08-20 21:35:46
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