[governance] U.S. Court Quashes Attempts to Attach ccTLDs: Federal Judge Agrees with ICANN

[Barry Shein]

From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
>So ccTLDs aren't property after all....
>
>https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-11-12-en

More precisely, "not property subject to attachment under District of
Columbia law".

The reasoning rests more on "A ccTLD, like a domain name, cannot be
conceptualized apart from the services provided by these parties. The
Court cannot order plaintiffs' insertion into this arrangement."

   https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/order-memo-granting-motion-to-quash-writs-10nov14-en.pdf

or

  http://tinyurl.com/pmu2trj

for the decision text, short, 8 pages.


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