Re: [ga] Some issues raised by today's FTC action

["John Palmer" <jp@adns.net>]

William, I think the rules are already established and FTC alleges that
DOTUSA.COM violated the rules. Thats fine. Any legitimate, above
board registry will have no problem disclosing these things.

I could have $1 million dollars like TLD Networks if I wanted to
play dirty like FTC alleges they did. I would also be in just as
much trouble now as well.

Like any industry, some play fair and some don't. Its to the benefit
of all the honest businesses that fraudsters are put out of business.

As much as I don't like what TLDN did, we should also be reminded
that this case has not been tried yet and that these are only govt
allegations at this point.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "William X Walsh" <william@wxsoft.info>
To: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Some issues raised by today's FTC action


> Monday, Monday, March 11, 2002, 10:26:17 AM, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
>
> > The action taken by the FTC today to shut down the .usa website raises a
> > number of issues.  The FTC alleges that the companies involved are not
> > accredited domain name registrars, that the ".usa" domain names are not
> > usable on the Internet, and that they probably never will be useable.
>
> > Since when did ICANN accreditation become a necessary precondition to
> > providing domain name registration services?  Is ICANN as a
"coordinator" now
> > being viewed as a "regulator" by US Government agencies?  Are all
domains in
> > the alternate roots now at risk?  On what basis is the claim being made
that
> > domains not in the legacy root "are not usable on the Internet" and will
> > probably never be usable?
>
> > Would this claim be applicable to all the registrations previously sold
for
> > the internationalized domain names that didn't resolve during last
year's
> > test-bed period?
>
> It's high time the FTC looked at alt.root registries and the claims
> they make in trying to solicit registrations, and establish some
> rules.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
> --
>
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