Doing this would devalue domain names, give them an unjust MONOPOLY, cut many companies intercepting this on THEIR networks out of the picture(I don't think THIS is right EITHER, but these companies, one of which is Microsoft, WILL be fighting against this.), destroy validation checks, and many other things.
It is CLEARLY not right, and according to the UDRP not even LEGAL! What is the difference between my registering yhoo.com to get traffic,and their intercepting it? If you ask me, *I* should have more right, since I would pay for it, and have paid taxes that helped them(verisign, although I DID help support the college where the precursor to yahoo once was hosted.) to get here in the first place. Yet I CAN'T becauseit violates the UDRP, devalues yahoos domain, and is thus unethical. Verisign would be breaking THOSE ethics/laws AND have a monopoly and be misusing what amounts to be a utility. They have already been sued ONCE for FAR less on the basis of a monopoly ONLY. THAT is why opensrs and other competitors exist!!!! As Stossel would say "GIVE ME A BREAK!" Steve >-- Original Message -- >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:32:06 +0200 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Verisign to Make Money from Typos >From: "Kai Schaetzl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Dave Warren wrote on Sat, 13 Sep 2003 12:04:38 -0600: > >> Why not? >> > >I didn't expect they had the chuzpe to fake all ns lookups. But as I see > >they already do this for .cc and .tv. Nevertheless, I expect a major >uproar from providers worldwide if they start doing this for com/net as >well. > > >Kai > >-- > >Kai Sch�tzl, Berlin, Germany >Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com >IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org > > >
