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Spamhaus CEO Steve Linford said a ruling the other way would have been alarming, particularly to governments concerned that
the U.S. has held administrative control over the Internet through ICANN for too long.
"Of course, we are extremely relieved that the judge has ruled in this way," Linford said by telephone Friday.
Spamhaus, which has retained new legal counsel, is pursuing how it can get U.S. courts to recognize that it does not fall
within their jurisdiction, Linford said. In the past, Spamhaus has advised bulk e-mailers to sue it in U.K. courts. It believes
they are reluctant to do so, he said, because of tougher U.K. antispam laws and legal rules that require losing parties to
pay court costs.
The IDG News Service is a Network World affiliate.
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