French dude sues France for seizing France.com domain

A Frenchman is suing his home country after it seized France.com, the web domain he owned for over two decades.

Jean-Noel Frydman, who was born in France but lives in New York, registered the France.com domain name back in February 1994 before launching the website in June 1995According to Frydman, the original France.com website featured "information about French culture, the Francophile community and a small section on tourism to France." 

Frydman claims that for the following two decades, France.com was in "constant partnership" with "various entities and branches of the French government." He says these government entities weren't just aware of the existence of France.com, Inc., but they "consistently encouraged and supported" the site.  Read more...