[ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

I personally find it odd that many of the same people who see a ccTLD as
belonging to a state -- usually by some theory that it is an appurtenance
of sovereignty -- can also argue that the *sovereign* state is misusing it
if it leases it out or uses it for revenue.  Is Burundi "misusing" postage
stamps if it creates them to sell to collectors?

Can these views be reconciled? How?
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