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February 27, 2004

The Internet's Ragnarok?

Posted by Ernest Miller

ICANNWatch has the best coverage of the important Verisign vs. ICANN lawsuit: VeriSign Sues ICANN and Links to VeriSign Complaint Against ICANN. However, I think James Grimmelmann has the best metaphor for the legal action in his LawMeme post (SiteFinder's Revenge: VeriSign Sues ICANN).

James analogizes the lawsuit to the mythological Norse battle known as Ragnarok:

On one side, there are the forces of ICANNgard, once wise and haughty, but made impotent by their own foolishness. And on the other, VeriSoki, trickster and bringer of chaos, leads the frost giants bent on destruction. None shall survive.

That is a pretty good summary of where ICANN and Verisign have led us.

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1. s. forrest on February 27, 2004 08:26 PM writes...

I've posted a series of things on the VeriSign/ICANN lawsuit, and will continue to do so.

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