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18 July 2001: DENIC sees no Alternative to ICANN's Root Server System
There is no alternative to a binding and central root server system administrated by ICANN. This concise statement from a paper of ICANN president Stuart Lynn finds the German registry DENIC in full agreement.
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8 June 2001: Another dubious Offer sent to Domain Owners
Domain owners have again received a letter with a dubious domain service offer, this time from a so-called "Zentrale zur Registrierung Deutscher Web-Domains ZRW". A similar letter has circulated about a month ago from a company with the name "Deutsche Domain-Verwaltung DDV".
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18 May 2001: German Supreme Court confirms DENIC's legal position
Last Thursday, in what is regarded as a landmark judgement, the First Civil Division of the German Supreme Court (BGH) ruled that it is permissible for DENIC to continue to register domains in accordance with the priority principle and that it is not obliged itself to check whether any registration…