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Re: [ga] Dave: "they are free"


> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 07:29:22PM +0200, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> > 
> > This makes me think of another possible example.
> > (Suppose) I run an "enhanced" ;>) nameserver for .com, that includes all the 
> > VeriSign SLDs plus some non-conflicting registrations of my own. I obviously 
> > run an "enhanced root" that makes all this visible to the overwhelming 
> > masses who point to it.
> > One nice day, I discover that VeriSign is about to accept a registration for 
> > foo.com, that I happen to have among my SLDs.
> > I scream and yell that VeriSign fragments the domain space, and claim that, 
> > in order to avoid this problem in the future, VeriSign should come to an 
> > agreement with me to build a meta-.com that has to be managed by the two of 
> > us "co-operatively".

When you applied to Verisign, the monopoly coordinator for .com, for your
foo.com delegation, and paid them $50,000 to do so, did they let you in?
Was the process to apply for foo.com open and transparent?

Christopher

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