Richard Tindal is 100 % right. You can sell domain names under every TLD you want as long as you tell your customers about the limitations of these domain names. This is also true for keywords. Examples: IDN of VeriSign: Inferior Product but legal New.net: Product with limitations but legal DotUSA, (TLD Networks): Inferior Product and illegal beacause of no proper disclosure.
What about your spot checks? Do you check only new registrations? Do you check 0.75 % of TOTAL registrations every week? ---------------- "Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." - Hermann Goering, Nazi leader at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tindal, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:10 AM Subject: RE: dotworlds fraud > > > I realize the note below is Spam but for those who did read it I wanted to > clarify a couple of important points. My apologies to those who are well > aware of the following: > > 1. The US Government has not delegated management of the .US domain space > to ICANN, although our contract with the US Government has many similar > provisions to ICANN's gTLD contracts; > > 2. .USA is an alternate root and as such requires a plug-in or similar > resolution facilitator. There is nothing illegal about this but under US > law, and that of many jurisdictions, sellers must disclose to their > customers the idiosyncrasies of name resolution. > > We think the .US product has certain superior features, notably its > ubiquitous resolution and firm policy foundation. We recommend that any > potential .USA seller consider the .US alternative. > > Richard Tindal > Neustar > Administrator of the .US ccTLD > www.neustar.us > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dotworlds fraud > > > 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 >
