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Posted by Ernest Miller on Monday, October 15 @ 17:52:20 EDT Governance
The WashTech.com section of the Washington Post carries a Reuters wire story reporting that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Anthony Mohr has halted the lottery to distribute ".biz" domain names (Judge Bars Lottery for ".biz" Web Addresses). The company ICANN had chosen to roll-out the .biz domain, NeuLevel, decided to hold a lottery (for which an entrance fee of $2 - $15 was required) to determine ownership of any .biz domains that were disputed. Judge Mohr decided that this violated California state law; in addition to the injunction, NeuLevel must put aside $3million for possible refunds. The number of affected domain names is approximately 20% of the total that have been registered - about 58,000. The other 80% of registered domain names are unaffected and should become active Oct. 23. NeuLevel's response is here (Statement from Douglas B. Armentrout, CEO, NeuLevel, Inc.). ICANN's position on this matter is that the California judge's decision violates well-established jurisdictional principles, depriving non-Californians of their rights (Advisory Concerning Smiley Litigation). C|Net News has a good article on the dispute (Judge puts brakes on .biz addresses). Favorite quote from Robert Connor, an associate professor at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, ICANN "looks somewhat of an unregulated monopoly or the authority of government without the accountability ... It doesn't look to me like a free market kind of system...They don't seem responsive to customers." ICANN Watch has an article and discussion (Injunction issued against Neulevel .biz plan). MSNBC has a short article on this (Dot-biz domain launch stalls in court). Slashdot hosts a discussion (.biz Domain Lottery on Hold).

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