At 05:17 PM 8/1/2002 -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: >ICANN is not the controlling body for the ".". That role belongs to the >US Dept. of Commerce. It chooses to take ICANN's advice, but has no duty >to do so. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practise. In practise, there is. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com> TribalWise, Inc. <http://www.tribalwise.com> tel +1.408.246.8253; fax +1.408.850.1850