"Verisign, destroying the Internet, one company at a time." Quoting Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> if enic is the registrar auctioning the names, > then Verisign is in control as Verisign owns enic. > > Actually Verisign owns everything now, including this moment in time. > > Isn't the extreme concentration of wealth super duper? > > Swerve > > > From: "Winston D. Neutel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:36:50 -0400 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: verisign to auction .bz names on ebay > > > > Mark Jeftovic wrote: > > > >> It seems ok for me to see cash starved ex-Sex Pistols (Steve Jones) > >> auctioning his guitars on ebay...but Verisign auctioning .BZ > domains? > >> > >> Too weird. A guy forwarded me an email about this a couple weeks ago > and > >> I thought it was a crank. > >> > >> > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=4&cid=581&u=/nm/20020 > > 508/tc_nm/tech_ebay_verisign_dc_2 > >> > > Shorter link for story: <http://tinyurl.com/5tz> > > > > What is Verisign's relationship to the .bz registry? The story says > > "VeriSign is overseeing the registry for the ".bz" domain" but that's > a > > little vague. The "About Us" section of <http://www.nic.bz> doesn't > mention > > VeriSign. > > > > The domains being auctioned, listed at <http://tinyurl.com/5tw>, show > > enic.cc as the registrar, e.g. wine.bz <http://tinyurl.com/5u7> and > > whois.enic.cc returns "No match for wine.bz" > > > > > >
