The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the long-time coordinator of the internet’s Domain Name System, is independent of U.S. government oversight, at least for now.

The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s planned turnover of ICANN oversight to the wider internet community happened early Saturday morning, despite a last-ditch lawsuit filed by four state attorneys general attempting to block the move.

Late Friday, a judge in Texas refused to issue an injunction that would have forced the NTIA to retain its oversight of ICANN’s coordination of the Domain Name System root and IP addressing functions.

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