Be happy you did not choose to become a lawyer.

1) Your opinion regarding Ron Pauls claim is just that- an opinion, and an ill informed one at best.

2) The people using the Ron Paul domain were using Ron Pauls likeness. There are rules regarding cyber squatting. Your previous argument only has merit if people were using Ron Paul domain for purposes unrelated to the Ron Paul filing the dispute.

ie: if someone named Kobe Bryant registered KobeBryant.com , and used it for their personal blog then the "famous" Kobe Bryant would have no legit dispute. However if someone named Ralph (or Kobe) used the likeness of the "famous" Kobe Bryant and the entire monetary value of the site derived from using the persona and likeness of the "famous" Kobe Bryant then the "famous" Kobe Bryant would have a legit claim. Its called cybersquatting.

3) You seem to understand libertarianism about as well as you understand... well most things you discus. Which is not very well at all. Or maybe you just actually come to believe in the straw-men you create? Libertarianism does not mean people lack rights, and it does not invalidate contract. The current owners of the domain name signed a contract with an organization that has certain rules regarding things like domain squatting, and the procedures for contesting a domain were clearly laid forth. If a party has reason to believe they have a legitimate grievance, then filing said grievance with the governing body of said contract is perfectly libertarian. The only person who think that libertarian means lawlessness or abjuration of all rules is you.

4) Freedom from unwarranted and/or arbitrary govt coercion regarding private property is not the same as lawlessness or invalidating contract. That Ron Paul was not personally party to the contract does not change the fact that ICANN has certain rules and procedures in place that the domain owner agreed to upon obtaining the domain.


5) The fact that the owners of the site RonPaul.com used the likeness of the "famous" Ron Paul for gain is pretty much indisputable.

6) The fact that they (ronpaul.com owners) told the world that Ron Paul "went to the UN" is reprehensible, as is the fact that goggle-eyed media ate it up. Ron Paul filed an ICANN dispute per their rules, and ICANN simply assigned it to one of several registered mediation bodies as per their documented operating procedure.
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As usual you try to pass of your flawed understanding of the world as validation for a flawed and false dichotomy.

With this, I am finished with serious replies - if you wish to continue flaunting your ignorance then by all means feel free. I will grab some popcorn and enjoy the spectacle.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)