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Everyone has the right to drive a car, to eat a cheesburger, to buy a computer, an ipod, to drive a plane and own one. We have the right to do anything and eve

Everyone has the right to drive a car, to eat a cheesburger, to buy a computer, an ipod, to drive a plane and own one. We have the right to do anything and everything which is not prohibited by the law. On the other hand, the government can do only that which is allowed by the law. Thus, we do have a right to own a domain, a domain is private property, the government has no right to cease it unless the legislature has given them the right and if the legislature has given them the right, then whether this right applies in an individual case is up to the court to decide who has the job of interpreting the law and applying it to the facts of individual cases.

jeromec 16y ago
Everyone has the right to drive a car Well, let me clarify that. People have a right to drive cars on their own property. Everyone doesn't have the right to drive cars on public roads. If they did they wouldn't need a license, which can be revoked. At least, I believe that's how it works. Someone please correct me if that is not accurate. I do agree a domain name should be considered private property. So, you're right that people should have the right to own domains. Apparently, in this case the domains were legally seized private property. So, it still seems to me, the only way to be totally free from paranoia about the govt. potentially seizing your domain is to have ICANN removed from U.S. jurisdiction.