IP: Internet's Domain Administrator Is Sued from NYT

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Internet's Domain Administrator Is Sued

New York Company Says It Was Blocked From Registry Business

By JERI CLAUSING

Already low on cash and facing heavy criticism from international groups, 
the Internet's administrative body has been served with what is believed to 
be its first lawsuit challenging its work. The suit was filed by a New York 
company denied entrance to the lucrative business of registering Internet 
addresses, or domain names.

The company, Afternic.com, which runs a Web site where people who already 
own domain names can resell them, filed the suit against the group, the 
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, earlier this 
month.

The company says Icann violated its own bylaws in refusing to approve 
Afternic's application to become an accredited primary registrar for 
Internet addresses.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/26doma.html