Re[2]: [ga] Domain names as observed [correction]

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Roeland,

Sunday, July 29, 2001, 7:56:48 AM, Roeland Meyer wrote:

>> From: Dassa [mailto:dassa@dhs.org]
>> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 4:05 AM

>> I feel the debate on if they are or are not property is 
>> unrewarding for the
>> GA and a waste of time.  The courts are making those decisions.

> Regardless of all else said on the subject, this is the most pertinent.

> Whilst I agree with Leah, that DNS is a contracted service with a registry,
> the bottom-line is that the courts will decide.

And they have.

Sex.com
U.S. District Court Judge James Ware dismissed a theft claim --
technically called a "conversion" claim -- against the convicted felon
accused of hijacking sex.com, ruling that Web domains aren't property,
and therefore can't be stolen.

"There is simply no evidence establishing that a domain name,
including sex.com," meets the definition of property "as required by
the law of conversion," the judge wrote in his ruling, citing his own
words from a May decision in a separate suit brought by sex.com's
original owner, Gary Kremen, against domain registrar Network
Solutions.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38398,00.html

-- 
Best regards,
William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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