Countries don’t own their Internet domains, ICANN says - The Internet domain name for a country doesn't belong to that country -- nor to anyone, according to ICANN. Plaintiffs who successfully sued Iran, Syria and North Korea as sponsors of terrorism want to seize the three countries' ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) as part of financial judgments against them. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet, says they can't do that because ccTLDs aren't even property.After the plaintiffs filed papers to ICANN ... read more ...

ICANN to plaintiffs: No, you can’t have all of Iran’s domains - Further ReadingIn sudden announcement, US to give up control of DNS root zoneSigns point to fallout from NSA spying that lead to "multi-stakeholder" model.The global body in charge of domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has asked a federal court to prevent the handover of the country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) of North Korea, Syria, and Iran as part of a terrorism lawsuit dating back over a decade. Those would include the .KP, .SY ... read more ...

ICANN Responds To Seizure Order of The .IR Registry, saying ccTLD’s Are Not … -                   A couple of weeks ago we told you that the attorney for the victims of a terrorist attack got a federal court to order the seizure of the .IR domain registry which is the ccTLD for Iran to help satisfy a judgement the victims  held  against the republic of Iran. As first reported by webpronews.com,  (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) told a U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, that ccTLD (country code Top-Level Domains ) can’t be ... read more ...

ICANN tells US Court that ccTLDs are not property and thus cannot be seized - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has told a U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, that a country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) cannot be considered “property,” and thus cannot be attached by plaintiffs in a lawsuit, who are trying to obtain the assets of countries that they argued have supported terrorism. “We filed a Motion to Quash in the US federal court today, to ensure that the court has the essential information about how the ... read more ...

ICANN To Court: ccTLDs Aren’t Property - [ Technology] ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) told a U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, that a ccTLD (country code Top-Level Domain ) can’t be considered property. For this reason, it says, it can’t be attached by plaintiffs in a lawsuit, when they’re trying to obtain assets of countries they say have supported terrorism. ICANN General Counsel and Secretary John Jeffrey explained, “We filed a ... read more ...