[ih] Internet or internet i

[Jack Haverty]

Perhaps there are legal aspects involved?  The word "internet" is a
noun, but "Internet" is a proper noun.   Is "Internet" trademarked, or
copyrighted, or protected by such legal means -- somewhere in the world?

I suspect there are zillions of things like patent documents with
"internet" and/or "Internet" in them, fodder for lawyers and courts to
argue about for decades.

You wouldn't believe how many hours I spent as an expert
witness/consultant just arguing about the definitions of "program" and
"reprogram", what exactly the difference was, and how the definitions
changed over time and contexts.

I wonder when we'll see facebooks as well as Facebook, and why not The
Facebook?

/Jack


On 3/11/19 10:27 AM, Vint Cerf wrote:
> I am in agreement with John D on this - also Associated Press has
> chosen to cease making the distinction.
> i suppose only engineers who understand that the "private internet"
> need not be part of the public one
> and still use the same protocols (and address space!) will be offended
> (I admit, I am one of them).
>
> v
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:06 AM John Day <jeanjour at comcast.net
> <mailto:jeanjour at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     But I think Noel’s distinction still holds with the public
>     internet being “Internet” and all others or the concept in general
>     being ‘internet’.
>
>     The problem is the New York Times has decided that ‘Internet’ is
>     spelled ‘internet’.
>
>
>
>>     On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:07, Scott Brim <scott.brim at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:scott.brim at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Noel: all true, but it's over. It's not ours to call anymore. 
>>
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