Guys Do you see the "show me the money" attitude that is cropping up in the DNS world ? I mean ICANN just can not say much when these big players do certain things apart from pleading with them behind the scenes. I once attended an ICANN meeting and got to know to a certain extent the filth that lies therein.
Wire. > "Mary Hewitt, a spokeswoman for ICANN, said the organization knew about > VeriSign's idea for the service but had not given final approval and did > not know it was being activated. She said the group would have more > comment on the matter within the next few days." > > I see a "go to your room without any supper letter" on the horizon. ;-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Kiggundu Mukasa Sent: 19 September 2003 08:08 > To: LUG > Subject: lug_: Verisign Sued over DNS > > > > It had to come > http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3471297 > > SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Internet search company on Thursday filed > a $100 million antitrust lawsuit against VeriSign Inc., accusing the > Web address provider of hijacking misspelled and unassigned Web > addresses with a service it launched this week. > > VeriSign's new SiteFinder service takes searches for ".com" and ".net" > Web addresses that are not spelled correctly or have not yet been > registered and redirects them to a VeriSign Web page that includes > options and pay-for-placement topic links. > > Since it was launched on Monday, the SiteFinder service has drawn > widespread criticism from Internet users who complain that VeriSign > has overstepped its authority. However, VeriSign says it is merely > offering a convenient service................ > > -- > **************** ***************************** > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network > Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & > Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 173 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 77 972255 > +256 71 221141 > Fax: +256 31 262122 > ************************************************************************* --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
