GoDaddy wants control of .US Domain Registry

[mandy]

While NeuStar won the ".us" contract in 2001, ".info" operator Afilias and registration company GoDaddy.com are now trying to take over the operations of ".us," believing they could do a better job marketing the country's own domain name. But NeuStar won't step aside without a fight, and is seeking a contract renewal...

The U.S. government could rule as early as this month...

The domain grew in usage to 1.3 million today, up from about 17,000 in 2001...

full article: http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?st...20006M7PTA

[jezebel]

GoDaddy has too much power already.