At 11:08 PM 2/3/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Carl Oppedahl wrote:
>
>>It seems likely that the NSI policy was a hasty and ill-conceived response
>>to the legal bills in the Knowledgenet case, in which NSI's Washington
>>counsel spent over a hundred thousand dollars fighting personal
>>jurisdiction in Illinois which is where Knowledgenet sued it.
Ellen Rony responded:
>NSF paid NSI $74,617 for the cost of litigation and fees in the
>Knowledgenet case between April 1 and September 13, 1995. Associated legal
>costs in the case occurring after the imposition of registration fees were
>absorbed by NSI.
>http://rs.internic.net/nsf/agreement/amendment5.html (Jan. 6, 1997)
>
>"The Foundation hereby approves payment of the Awardee's invoice covering
>litigation costs with Knowledgenet, Inc. in the (reduced) amount of
>$74,617. This amount includes only the actual cost of the litigation and
>associated fee
>amount."
>
That is not to say that NSI hasn't been nicking us taxpayers otherwise; the
following
is also from the link given above:
NSF authorizes the Awardee to invoice NSF via the Electronic Fund Transfer
process
for payment (when due) of registration and renewal fees for the .EDU and
.GOV domain
names at the rates set forth in this agreement. The Awardee's invoices and
NSF payment
of these fees will not exceed $253,300
The problem with ICANN, even more than NSI, is that WE get to pay for all
that foolishness.
Bill Lovell
