Company Sues to Block South African Domain-Name Bid
"A Seattle company that has rounded up a herd of Internet domains named after countries is going to court in hopes of stopping South Africa from trying to take SouthAfrica.com from its stable." [Newsbytes] (November 15, 2000) ITWeb: Government wants Southafrica.com
The government intends to go to the UN to claim the domain Southafrica.com, but the American owner of the URL says free speech is at issue and he won't let the community be censored. (November 2, 2000) South Africa Wants SouthAfrica.com
"An American businessman will have to go to the UN to defend his right to the URL southafrica.com, as the South African government says it has a right to the domain." News and reader comments. [Slashdot] (November 3, 2000) (Add Your Site) |
