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> >I thought these registrars had to answer to a central authority such as the > >NSA. Actually, I hadn't thought about it much at all since they broke up > >the NSA/InterNic monopoly and I buried my head in a router or two... > NSA is closer then most would think here: > behind VeriSign/NetSol are in fact highly US government networked spooks: > http://mediafilter.org/caq/internic A better example that McDonald's in this article is the current lawsuit against the owners of NISSAN.COM by Nissan motors corp. Nissan is suing the owner of NISSAN.COM for damages because the current registrant will not sell the domain to them. (The current owners last name is, you guessed it - NISSAN) You can read more about it at the NISSAN.COM site ;) > > >Where could I find the guidelines that these companies are suppose to follow > >relative to domain registration services? ICANN? Who's running these > >things? Spamford Wallace? > ICANN was given the job by the US gov and they are part of the corruption. > http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=621 > > only lawsuits make them follow their own contracts, > but most registrars totally lack the spine needed to fight for our/their > rights and money. opensrs alone is loosing millions yearly because of it, > but they prefer to keep prices high because we pay anyway. > > kind regards philippe >
