At 10:21 PM 6/25/96 GMT, Greg Miller wrote:

Since the NIC charges $100 per registration, you can bet there will be some legislation somewhere along the line. They must be makeing 5000-10000% profit.

Regarding NIC's policy concerning the taking away of domain names if X states Y usurped his trademark, there are at least 4 suits pending wherein the domain name owners/plaintiffs are challenging the alleged infringement, namely: First lawsuit - Roadrunner v. NSI background at: http://www.patents.com/nsi.sht complaint at: http://www.patents.com/nsicpt1.sht Second lawsuit - DCI v. DCI and NSI background at: http://www.patents.com/dci/dci.sht complaint at: http://infolawalert.com/source/src061496_dc_complaint.html Third lawsuit - Giacalone v. NSI et al. complaint at: http://zeus.bna.com/e-law/cases/giac.html Fourth lawsuit - Clue Computing v. NSI background at: http://www.clue.com/legal/index.html complaint at: http://www.clue.com/legal/complain.html Fun and games.... Regards - Lynne ************************************************************* Lynne L. Harrison, Esq. | "The key to life: Poughkeepsie, New York | - Get up; lharrison@mhv.net | - Survive; http://www.dueprocess.com | - Go to bed." ************************************************************* DISCLAIMER: I am not your attorney; you are not my client. Accordingly, the above is *NOT* legal advice.