aamusedinatx | Technology Geeky type news (Reply)

The US body which oversees the workings of the internet is being challenged over its handling of the .com domain.

The row concerns the decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) to allow the private firm Verisign to maintain control of .com forever.

A trade body for internet businesses says the deal between Icann and Verisign breaks US anti-trust laws.

It has filed a lawsuit against the two parties in San Jose, California.

Forever? Um...a tad optimistic and unfair I think. Still, I mean the US has the right, right? After all Al Gore invented the internet! </ tongue in cheek>

The full BBC.Com article is here

P.S. I *SWEAR* this for fact. Every post I've made today the music I was listening to at the time was a perfect match. This was not calculated, I'd just glance down at the iPod as I finished a post and there.... If you don't believe me, go back through the last 3 or for items in my LJ and see for yourself.