But Patrick, Don't you know that Verisign is above the law ever since they bought NSI?
Well, actually that is how they used to act until recently when a judge decided that the original owner of sex.com can sue them for damages because they had given his domain to a crook. But even for that one it remains to be seen if anyone is going to create a precedent that registrars suddenly become responsible and hence liable for what they are doing. Currently the TOS of most registrars have the kind of disclaimers one only knows from banks and insurance companies. It seems that because of that neither Verisign nor anyone else in the business can be made responsible for aiding and abedding or for conspiracy to break copyright or trademark law. Strangely enough, when Esther Dyson was heading ICANN and called for rules that would treat NSI as a normal commercial venture she was blocked by all and sundry, including the commerce department. Cheers, Robert. budget & privacy website hosting http://www.cyberica.net budget & privacy domain registrations + mail http://www.u2planet.com/cfdomaintrust.html --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
