Re: [ga] WLS

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Olivier and all assembly members,

  Not to worry about what would happen to .COM should
verisign go bankrupt.  It is not difficult to run or manage a registry
despite yammering to the contrary form time to time.  But we
[INEGroup] agree and have agreed that is seems beyond reason
that Verisign should be in control of the .COM Registry and most
of the registrars for .COM as well.  But also given the poor job
Joe Sims did in the drafting the Registrar contracts, Registry Contracts
omitting some clauses preventing this from happening, it should
come as no surprise to anyone really...

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

> >Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:31:19 -0700
> >From: Gary Osbourne <gro@direct.ca>
> >Subject: Re: [ga] WLS
> >
> [...]
> >I also find it surprising that ICANN, VeriSign,
> >or anyone else involved in this practice, would
> >leave themselves open to litigation by the prior
> >holder of the domain name. Many of the examples
> >of expired and re-registered names at, or
> >following from, the above two links, were never
> >meant to be dropped, many were registrar error,
> >this wasn't just someone neglecting to pay a bill
> >(for which I don't have much sympathy).
>
> Agreeing with your comment, I would like to add that
> I find it absolutely unbelievable that Verisign can
> be the registry maintainer for .COM as well as being
> a registrar. This seems to break each and every rule
> of fairness due to the fact that they are the only
> people with full access to the DotCom database.
>
> Moreover, this puts them in a position, as you mention
> of being open to litigation.
> - The Internet can live with ICANN being shutdown because
> they run out of funds when being sued - just get DoC to make
> a new organisation or equivalent and off we go
> - The Internet can live with individual registrars being sued
> and closing down as they run out of funds. Clients would
> just have to renew their domains with another registrar next
> year.
> - BUT the Internet can not live with Verisign running out
> of cash because they are being sued. What would happen to
> the DotCom registry database?
>
> Indeed, what would happen if Verisign, the registry maintainer for
> .COM, was forced into Chapter 11 ?
>
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