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  16. Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:39:19 -0800
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  18. From: Cecilia Preston <cecilia@well.com>
  19. Subject: [URN] IANA gets sued
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  22. Reply-To: Cecilia Preston <cecilia@well.com>
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  24.  
  25. We knew this was going to happen....
  26.  
  27. "Internet Address Authority Facing Lawsuit" New York Times [National
  28. edition] March 4, 1997 p.C12
  29.  
  30. "A World Wide Web page design company is challenging the Internet's
  31. tradition of consensus, suing the group that rules on electronic addresses.
  32. ...
  33.  
  34. In the suit filed last Thursday, Image Online Design said it had been
  35. authorized in July by an authority spokesman, Bill Manning, to register
  36. addresses ending in .web for $25 each.  But Mr. Ambler [of Image Online
  37. Design] said the authority backed out when a plan was announced to change
  38. the current system for assigning Internet addresses by adding seven new
  39. endings, including .web or .store."
  40.  
  41. --Cecilia
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