http://www.tuvaluislands.com/news/ar...2002-01-08.htm
"In 1998, Tuvalu sold the management rights of its suffix to a Californian company, dot-TV Corporation. Now, dot-TV Corporation has resold the management rights to VeriSign for US$ 45 million."
Key phrase "management rights" NOT ownership.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/s...04/story4.html
"and his partners at Atlanta-based health-care software company MedAscend Inc. struck a multimillion-dollar deal to acquire from the country of Moldova the rights to manage the Internet domain .md."
Again, key phrase "rights to MANAGE".