In addition to questioning the Internet Society's fiscal fitness, both Hansen and Bakel charged that ICANN staff were biased in favor of granting dot-org's management to a nonprofit organization.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2002Sep13.html

Well, DUH! I can't see how anyone could think of giving it to anything but
a non-profit! In fact, now that I think of it, Your physical address is
issued by a government body, not a business. Why should internet
addresses be any different? If I live at 290 Mountain Lake Drive, should I
be able to go to an auction and buy 10 Downing Street instead?