[CWG-Stewardship] Fwd: [latinoamericann] U.S. Court Quashes Attempts to Attach ccTLDs: Federal Judge Agrees with ICANN

[Erick Iriarte Ahon]

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> De: "Erick Iriarte Ahon" <eiriarte at alfa-redi.org>
> Fecha: 12 de noviembre de 2014, 21:46:47 GMT-6
> Para: "LatinoamerICANN" <latinoamericann at dgroups.org>
> Asunto: [latinoamericann] U.S. Court Quashes Attempts to Attach ccTLDs: Federal Judge Agrees with ICANN
> Responder a: "LatinoamerICANN" <latinoamericann at dgroups.org>
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> Nota: rescato este párrafo y pido comentarios
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> "A U.S. federal court has agreed with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that the country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) are not property subject to attachment. "
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> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-11-12-en
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> A U.S. federal court has agreed with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that the country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) are not property subject to attachment. 
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> Claimants filed writs of attachment to seize from ICANN, the ccTLDs for Iran (.IR), Syria (.SY) and North Korea (.KP), (as well as internationalized top-level domains in non-ASCII characters for Iran and Syria) in order to satisfy judgments the claimants obtained in US courts against these countries.
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> ICANN sought to quash the writs of attachment citing ICANN's technical coordination role in the domain name system (DNS) and arguing that ccTLDs are not subject to attachment.
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> "We are pleased that the court ruled in our favor on the grounds that the ccTLDs are not property, subject to attachment", said John Jeffrey, ICANN's General Counsel and Secretary. "The court's ruling demonstrates a technical understanding of the DNS, and the role of ccTLDs in the single, global, interoperable Internet.
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> To read the U.S. District Court ruling, go here:
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/order-memo-granting-motion-to-quash-writs-10nov14-en.pdf [PDF, 346 KB]
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> To read ICANN's legal filings, go here:
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icann-various-2014-07-30-en
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> To read the original "Writs of Attachment," go here:
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_dOI5puxRA9M3hweE9Eel9mVTQ/edit?pli=1
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