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The following is a petition from the site RecallVeriSign.com
We, the undersigned, who have an interest in the Internet remaining free of unregulated profiteering, petition you to recall the .com and .net registry from VeriSign for the following reasons:1) VeriSign has unfairly exploited its position as the monopoly provider of .com and .net registry services, as evidenced by the company's attempt to install profit-making services which provide questionable benefits to end-users but huge profits to VeriSign. Documented abuses:
VeriSign's implementation of "SiteFinder" - a web address resolution service that accomplishes the following:
  • Hijacks agreed-upon domain name resolution standards by directing non-existent Internet addresses to a VeriSign paid advertising page
  • Illustrates the potential for compromised network security and the very real risk of a "single point of failure" for the Internet when VeriSign chooses to circumvent Internet standards
  • Effectively delivers a massive "captive audience" to VeriSign

VeriSign's proposed Wait-Listing Service (WLS) -- a domain name back-ordering service that accomplishes the following:
  • Eliminates competition for domain name back-ordering when a robust market has already emerged that offers consumers a number of business models
  • Replaces the current pay-for-performance model with one that charges steep annual fees and offers no assurance of success
  • Charges back-order prices that are four times higher than regulated domain name prices
  • Reduces customer choice by giving well-heeled speculators an advantage in obtaining deleted domain names
2) To support ICANN (an internationally organized, non-profit organization that has responsibility for accrediting domain name registrars) in its defense of the lawsuit filed against it by VeriSign (a multi-billion dollar corporation) - a lawsuit which sues ICANN for operating well within its established boundaries, as outlined in the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN. 3) To prevent any corporation that is entirely motivated by profit from assuming "unregulated" control on the Internet.

Article submitted by: Viper
Last Update: 03-28-2004
Category: News

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