[ga] Re: [Verisign proceeds with WLS, despite opposition]

[Loren Stocker <loren@800.net>]

Hi George,

Thanks for the heads up. 

We are prepared to go to Congress and the Department of Commerce. Frankly, we
ignored the Versign "deadline," as this entire feeback process -- and the
concept itself -- is self-serving. Who's ever heard of the criminal serving as
judge and jury?

It's time to expose this outrageous proposal to someone who can stop it.
Clearly, they don't have the selfcontrol to see this for what it is -- a cash
grab.

Do you know when the fleecing begin? We can have the cover letter and back-up
material finalized within the week or so.

Best, Loren




George Kirikos <gkirikos@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello,

As most know, the DNSO GA and the RC (registrars) were overwhelmingly
against the WLS proposal. 

Not surprisingly given Verisign's history, they've ignored this
opposition, and have proceeded to request pricing approval from ICANN.
See:

http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls_comment_analysis.pdf

for their "spin" on things. Their conclusion:

"VGRS has submitted a request to ICANN for an amendment to Appendix G
of the .com and .net registry agreements to add pricing for the WLS for
a 12-month trial period."

Prior documents are at: http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls.html

The official registrar community's position is at:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg02213.html

It's quite an exercise in faulty logic to read Verisign's attempts to
massage the numbers. I don't know how they can, with a straight face,
conclude that "consumers are better off". I never knew VGRS dealt with
consumers -- I thought the Chinese wall meant VGRS only dealt with
registrars... The only parties better off are Verisign and its
partners, to the detriment of consumers and competing registrars. No
attempt to quantify consumers' demands are made, yet all the visible
opposition is dismissed as being "unrepresentative". 

Oh well, we knew this was going to happen -- it's Verisign, remember.
The arrogance of this monopoly makes Microsoft pale in comparison.

What's the appropriate procedure to submit comments now that ICANN is
officially being made this request?

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/


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