Re: [ga] ICANN Board caves in to Verisign over WLS -- let the lawsuits begin

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

Well, VGRS wins in any case.  Either registrants now renew for multiple 
years (more money up front for VGRS) or risk losing a domain through 
errors (or whatever) to a WLS holder.  Then VGRS also gets the WLS 
fee.  I've rarely seen such open and total disregard for consumers aside 
from a large monopolistic software manufacturer.

Leah


On 23 Aug 2002, at 11:32, George Kirikos wrote:

> See the minutes of the meeting at:
> 
> http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
> 
> It's a bit hilarious reading them, including such lines as:
> 
> "Whereas, although the range of opinions regarding the WLS in the
> community has significantly narrowed during the discussions of the
> issues, there remains a disparity of opinions"
> 
> I think the Board needs to be reminded that a 2/3 majority is a
> "consensus", and that WLS was rejected by the Names Council by a bigger
> margin than 2/3.
> 
> Thankfully, the registrars can challenge, based on:
> 
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-transfer/Arc00/msg00303.html
> 
> and I'm sure they will.
> 
> Point "c" is pretty funny, and full of loopholes (which is what happens
> when cowboys are making up the rules as they go along, instead of
> consulting with the stakeholders):
> 
> "c) No registrar sponsoring the registration of a domain name in the
> .com and .net top-level domains shall be permitted to obtain (in its
> own name or for another, directly or indirectly) a WLS subscription on that
> name at any time after a date sixty days before the registration of the
> name is DELETED; "
> 
> Notice the word is "DELETED" and not "EXPIRED". This means hoarding of
> names by Verisign is encouraged. 
> 
> All the rest is pretty much a joke as well, but instead of picking it
> apart, it is time to begin working on the appeal process.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
> 
> P.S. At least a few Board members weren't lemmings, and voted against
> it or abstained. They'll be vindicated in the end, after the appeals, etc.
> 
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