> We should expect a
> long hard fought legal battle...coming soon. I do not understand how the
> folks at NTIA could have made this error (if, indeed, they did) since
> the DOC did not have the constitutional authority to transfer a database
> held in "public trust" over to a private corporation.
5 years ago, hardly anybody had heard of 'intellectual property' ...
But if the DoC overstepped its authority, does the public have
standing to sue for its IP rights?
> This issue is going to be a very big deal, IMHO.
Esp since, first thing, Burr admitted that the whole shebang is
revocable if ICANN doesnt shape up as NewCo, just as NSI has
been saying.
kerry
