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Non-issue?

Unfortunately the new rules running around these new top level domains are desgined to suit the powerful, rich and famous. If someone wanted to take out a domain name based on my full name, could I asked for it to be revoked? Probably not being famous or rich, they'd deny my claim. The old top levels you had to buy out the owner to get the name back. Surely that's how it should work?

Unless someone is using the name in the context of hatred (racism etc), crime or terrorism against someone/group/country/universe, then it shouldn't be pulled from the owner.

Seems like the attitude is that you don't own any of these new domain names anymore. You lease them until someone wants to ruff your feathers.