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A lawsuit brought by four US states' attorneys general against the US government over the ICANN internet handover has been dropped. A notice of voluntary dismissal [pdf] was filed on Friday, two weeks after the lawsuit failed in its main goal of imposing a restraining order on the transition of the IANA contract to DNS …

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  1. Fatman
    WTF?

    """Motivations""" for stopping the transfer?

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) (Oh, look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Paxton )

    Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R)

    Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) (Oh, take a look at his Career as AG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt )

    Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt

    Could the motivations be political in making???

    Enquiring minds want to know.

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  2. Captain DaFt

    Wow!

    You mean they finally realised that no matter how hard and long you flog a dead horse, it's never pulling your wagon?

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    1. Ole Juul
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      Re: Wow!

      "You mean they finally realised that no matter how hard and long you flog a dead horse, it's never pulling your wagon?

      I doubt that lot will ever learn that. More likely the head council realised it was a dead end for him.

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  3. Pen-y-gors

    Next stage?

    Perhaps ICANN can now consider changing from being a non-profit Californian corporation to being a non-profit Icelandic corporation, just to make it clear who isn't the boss any more.

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