this is an icann legacy. but just curious - are these people registering ??.us two letter domain addresses? some of them conflict.
according to the ftc http://www.ftc.gov/ theres nothing they can do because they advertise their own domain system or plug in. this is consistent with icanns position on alternative roots and its intentional rationalization of the its own .biz collission. we have not yet heard the end of that one folks. for years i've been warning the community that icanns actions would result in the namespace being reduced to island communities. we had our own fight with one thomas goolnik who also attempted to sell .god along with another fake .usa. after icann duplicated .biz these twits simply played the game - some beter then others. some better then others - we were instrumental at .god in using the ftc to put goolnik in his place. and the only tld with registered intellectual property rights in a top level domain to use international law to force goolnik to end his infringement. but there's no easy task here - as icann falls apart - were going to see more of this. i'm now conformtable in saying that the only system which will survive is the inclusive namespace. it's the only system that is easy to expand tld space and in which everyone has an opportunity to participate. icann is now on a collission course with governments world wide. they are attempting to find cover while the spooks hoover around f.root-server. pure entertainment folks. regards joe baptista Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god iNameSpace.Com - Your Source For Inclusive Name Space Domains! http://www.4altdomains.net On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > DOTWORLDS FRAUD!!!!! > > Warning Internet Users Not To Fall for Internet Scam > Involving the Top-Level Domain .USA > > On March, 2002 we were advised that someone in the > United Kingdom was bulk emailing addresses harvested > from newsgroups and web sites as part of a marketing > effort to sell second level domains in the .USA top > level domain infrastructure. > > We are issuing an urgent warning today about a website > that has popped up in recent weeks purporting to be an > exclusive registrar for the ".USA" top-level domain. > This company, operated out of England is called > dotworlds.net and has in false claims that they were > authorized to take registrations for domains under > several other TLDs, including ".USA". > > "This company is operated by a man named Retkin, who > has a habit of "lifting" top-level domains from > companies that are already operating them. This is just > his latest adventure". In early March, Dotworlds > launched a website purporting to be the "only place to > register a .USA domain". This is untrue. Additionally, > a large volume of unsolicited email, known as SPAM has > dumped into the email boxes of thousands of internet > users inviting them to register a .USA domain for "only > $35". Dotworlds.net appears to be attempting to > capitalizing on the September 11 tragedy to enhance the > success of the scam. > We have started preparing legal action against Retkin > and dotworlds.net and have notified authorities about > the website. > > Billing records show that Dotworlds operate a merchant > account through clearing agents Worldpay > (www.worldpay.com). Request a refund from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and contact your credit card company > and refer the security and fraud investigator to The > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > (ICANN). > > ICANN is a contractor to the United States Department > of Commerce and is mandated with the administration of > the U.S. domain name system. ICANN will assist your > credit cards fraud and investigation department in > establishing that dotworlds is not the exclusive > registrar for any of the top level domains claimed by > them. > > ------------------------------------------------- > Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! > http://www.elvis.com > >
