IP: Internet-Names Challenge Rejected

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Internet-Names Challenge Rejected



Filed at 10:08 a.m. EST

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the fees
charged for registering and annually renewing Internet domain names.
The justices, without comment, turned away arguments that the fees are
exorbitant and that a former practice of designating a portion of the fees
for a federal agency's use amounted to an illegal tax.
Today's action, while setting no legal precedent, is a victory for the
agency, the National Science Foundation, and Network Solutions Inc., the
Virginia-based company that serves as keeper of the master list of World
Wide Web addresses.

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