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Making the Most of Commercial Global Domains Thomas G. Field Jr, Franklin Pierce Law Center Download the Paper (PDF format) - November 1, 2000 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: What is now known as the Internet, or the net, was initially set up in 1969 to connect computers together for defense purposes. The Internet was later expanded, under the supervision of the National Science Foundation ("NSF"), to include the research community. The Internet continued to expand, and in 1992, NSF received authorization to permit commercial activities on the Internet. Shortly thereafter, Judge McKenna, a United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, observed that "[t]he Internet is the world's largest computer network...containing several million 'host' computers...An estimated 25 million individuals have some form of Internet access, and this audience is doubling each year." SUGGESTED CITATION: Thomas G. Field Jr, "Making the Most of Commercial Global Domains" (November 1, 2000). Pierce Law . Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 35. http://lsr.nellco.org/piercelaw/facseries/papers/35 | REPOSITORY HOME  | SEARCH  | MY ACCOUNT  | NELLCO HOME | Powered by bepress.