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[Miles Fidelman]

Wait one.  I thought it was now "Intertubes."

Miles

On 3/11/19 2:50 PM, Jack Haverty wrote:
>
> 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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