[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Court blocks .biz name plan

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chris and all,

  Thanks Chris for sharing this with us all..

Chris Chiu wrote:

> A trial judge has ruled that certain processing fees to register in the new
> .biz Top-Level domain may constitute an illegal lottery. The case centers
> around the registration methods for .biz, including a special IP Claim
> Service that gives advance preferences to intellectual property holders.
> Among other things, the judge has ordered NeuLevel, the proprietor of .biz
> (under the auspices of ICANN), not to rollout some 53 000 contested names
> that have been registered under this scheme, and to give the court US $3 000
> 000 to cover possible refunds. NeuLevel had already pushed back its .biz
> launch date several weeks, although it claimed that the postponement had
> nothing to do with ongoing litigation.
>
> See
> http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
>
> Sincerely,
> Christopher Chiu
> Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> American Civil Liberties Union
> _______________________________________________
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Regards,

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