[119223] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What DNS Is Not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Tue Nov 10 00:15:00 2009
In-Reply-To: <202705b0911091754q4944082au79f92e65fd8a53bb@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:13:34 -0500
From: Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com>
To: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com>
Cc: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A second issue is ownership. I own my domain.
>
> Interesting statement, did you get a property title with your domain name ?
>
> Just curious
>
>
I'd take that question up with your IP attorney.
[ Summary: lots of lawyers and courts seem to think that domain names are
property ]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-223597.html
http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/are-domain-names-considered-property-or-not/2917
http://newmedialaw.proskauer.com/2008/12/articles/domain-names/appellate-watch-are-domain-names-property-that-can-be-seized-under-state-forfeiture-laws/
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2001dltr0032.html
http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/09/domain-name-deemed-tangible-property-web-pages-too-in-utah.html
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