IP: Does .biz "lottery" violate the law? FTC stays mum...

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:55:56 -0400
>To: politech@politechbot.com
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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>I wish Russ well, but doubt he'll get anywhere. :)
>
>News coverage of ICANN deal:
>http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24500,00.html
>http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165717.html 
>http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165733.html 
>http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=149 
>http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,43805,00.html
>
>-Declan
>
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>From: admin@consumer.net (Admin)
>To: <declan@well.com>
>Subject: .biz Lottery illegal?
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:16:07 -0400
>
>.biz is going to be released in a "lottery" fashion where you must pay in
>order to be put into a pool for each domain.  The price for this "ticket" is
>non-refundable.  I have contacted the FTC a couple of times to ask id this
>is an illegal lottery.  First they referred me to ICANN.  then they referred
>me to the Department of Justice and claimed they did not have any contacts
>they could provide.  I am being charged a wholesale price of $3 per "ticket"
>to get a chance at getting any individual domain.
>
>Russ Smith
>http://TheNic.com
>
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