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Internic may be required to return money (fwd)
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- Subject: Internic may be required to return money (fwd)
- From: 3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Ulf Möller)
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 22:20:52 +0100 (GMT+0100)
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To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Subject: Internic may be required to return money
> Court: Domain fees appear illegal
> By Brock N. Meeks
>
> WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - A federal court Monday issued a
> temporary injunction barring the federal government from
> spending some $50 million it has collected from the
> registration of Internet domain names. That money forms a
> pool of funds intended to be spent for improving the
> Internet. On Monday, the court sided with the plaintiffs in a
> lawsuit that claims those fees constitute an illegal tax.
[...]
> The temporary injunction "paves the way for our motion,
> which we'll file in two days, to require NSI to return all
> registration renewal fees which exceed the cost of
> providing that service," attorney Bode said. "We think that
> cost [to NSI for the registration process] is significantly less
> than $10, probably $2 to $3," he said, "which would mean
> that there would be a refund of approximately $100 million
> in our judgment."