While many think this is a disgrace (which I tend to agree), this decision, because it involves FMA, is not the worst thing that could have happened.
FMA is operated by Thunayan Al-Ghanim. For those who don’t know, Thunayan is no ordinary domainer. While FMA holds a great portfolio of generic domain names which includes i.net, multimedia.com, research.com, fm.com, and party.com (amongst many others), as Thunayan comes from one of the world’s wealthiest families, domains there seems to be more of a hobby than a business. If there is one person who can stand up to Corporate America, Lufthansa did a great job finding him.
A favorable court decision here will help define the space a little better, and with Thunayan behind it (good luck Thunayan!), there are good chances there will be such a decision. I’m looking forward to watching the nightmare they got themselves into.
Source: Posted on TheConceptualist by Sahar Sahid -- Reprinted with permission -- April 28, 2008