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Article: Decision in Domain Name Dispute Upholds Freedom of Speech.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 25, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ --
Freedom of speech on the Internet was upheld by a landmark decision in a domain name dispute decision released today. According to the decision, an individual can use a domain name containing the name of a government agency for the purpose of criticizing the government's activities.
In the case decided in a legal proceeding of ICANN, the Internet governing organization, a citizen of the United Kingdom registered the domain name dorsetpolice.com for the purpose of criticizing alleged corruption of his local police department. The police department then initiated a legal proceeding under the ICANN domain name dispute ...