IncognitoNet
Joined: 20 Aug 2004
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| VeriSign Suing ICANN Again |
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Source: http://www.webhostingzine.com
According to reports, Verisign (verisign.com) has decided to continue its antitrust claims against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) despite the fact it had a similar case thrown out last week in US District Court. VeriSign, which manages the .com and .net domains, reportedly filed a similar, but pared-down suit last Friday. At the heart of the dispute between VeriSign and ICANN is a contract between the two companies that ICANN alleges forbids VeriSign from offering services such as the controversial Site Finder service. Site Finder redirects users to a VeriSign-sponsored page when non-existent or misspelled URLs are entered into a Web browser. The service has raised the ire of critics for its alleged anti-competitiveness. VeriSign claims these services do not require ICANN approval. ICANN disagrees, and VeriSign contends this costs the company money in delays. The latest suit reportedly focuses on breach-of-contract allegations and asks the court to rule for a declaratory judgment that ICANN should stay clear of VeriSign’s business. It also includes similar antitrust claims.
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:25 pm
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Thermit
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
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I hate that SiteFinder thing. I'd much rather get an error page than an advertisement if the destination can't be found. VeriSign needs to figure out some other way to make more money.
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:06 pm
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IncognitoNet
Joined: 20 Aug 2004
Posts: 69
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Agreed. VeriSign is exploiting their position as the .com registrar and should be punished as such. Go ICANN
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:49 am
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Euler
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Posts: 109
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Capitalism sometimes punishes the good and rewards the opportunist.
If companies like Verisign had their way, they'd do to the Internet the same thing the telecoms did to WAP. Remember WAP? Nobody else does either.
Still, as long as we're all on board to consumerize the web, these sorts of schemes will have to be addressed again and again.
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:56 pm
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