Seems to be something for twitter to work out? It could presumably charge or apply whatever localised policy for tags people wanted to use in its own service if it wanted to? Christian Larry Masinter wrote: > I think what’s interesting is that hashtags, unlike domain names, don’t need any special regulatory agency to manage, because the technology allows for multiple uses. > > Does twitter regulate hash tags or allow users to “own” one? I don’t think so. So using a hashtag on twitter isn’t much different from typing it in email or putting it up on a billboard, is it?? > > Larry > -- > http://larry.masinter.net > > -- Christian de Larrinaga FBCS, CITP, MCMA ------------------------- @ FirstHand ------------------------- +44 7989 386778 cdel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------