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**Whois-Search** · 09-18-2003, 09:07 AM

With Verisign trying to push out WLS and SiteFinder

Why don't we produce a "Verisign Free Site" Logo like this one :

http://www.bennoart.com/stopvs.jpg

And get everyone to put it on their sites.

Then get a domain like StopVerisign.org and have a site explaining the campaign and which products to boycott.

What is the Legal side of doing this to the person that hosts it ?

**Mr Webname** · 09-18-2003, 09:23 AM

Moved to Legal issues :-

"What is the Legal side of doing this to the person that hosts it ?"

**jberryhill** · 09-18-2003, 12:45 PM

As long as you are not publishing false information intended to damage the business of your target, you certainly have every right to express your distaste for a particular business and to encourage others not to patronize that business.

I will be fascinated to learn how you intend to boycott use of the .com zone server or the .com registry server.

**Whois-Search** · 09-18-2003, 01:03 PM

Thank you

You of course can not boycott the .com and .net registry however you can boycott their other products and services

**JMJ** · 09-18-2003, 01:07 PM

Someone on another forum is developing stopverisign.com.

**jberryhill** · 09-18-2003, 03:46 PM

There is always nsihorrorstories.com as well

**LewR** · 09-19-2003, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jberryhill
There is always nsihorrorstories.com as well

Seems that would look more like the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 40 some tomes...

LOL

**dtobias** · 09-19-2003, 05:46 PM

STOPVERISIGN.ORG does have a couple of advantages over STOPVERISIGN.COM for such a campaign: (1) it indicates the noncommercial nature of its intent, and (2) it actually practices what it preaches by using a TLD independent of Verisign. (.INFO would also work in this regard.)

**Whois-Search** · 09-22-2003, 07:06 AM

Since I posted it someone regged it LOL

Domain Name:STOPVERISIGN.ORG
Created On:18-Sep-2003 21:10:49 UTC

**draqon** · 09-22-2003, 07:19 AM

this thread is kinda pointless, as most of us already 'boycot' verisign by not using their overpriced crappy services. I certainly don't keep my domains at their registrar, or buy their craptastic webhosting.

09-18-2003, 09:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Whois-Search Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-19-2009 05:04 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,123 DNF$: 1,157 Country:	Boycott Verisign Products ? With Verisign trying to push out WLS and SiteFinder Why don't we produce a "Verisign Free Site" Logo like this one : http://www.bennoart.com/stopvs.jpg And get everyone to put it on their sites. Then get a domain like StopVerisign.org and have a site explaining the campaign and which products to boycott. What is the Legal side of doing this to the person that hosts it ? __________________ www.whois-search.com and www.domain-shop.co.uk

09-18-2003, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
jberryhill Philadelphia Lawyer Last Online: 09-18-2009 01:17 AM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,987 DNF$: 6,350	As long as you are not publishing false information intended to damage the business of your target, you certainly have every right to express your distaste for a particular business and to encourage others not to patronize that business. I will be fascinated to learn how you intend to boycott use of the .com zone server or the .com registry server. __________________ John Berryhill Ph.d., esq. John-AT-johnberryhill.com Please do not send private messages via dnforum.com, email me directly.

09-18-2003, 01:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Whois-Search Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-19-2009 05:04 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,123 DNF$: 1,157 Country:	Thank you You of course can not boycott the .com and .net registry however you can boycott their other products and services __________________ www.whois-search.com and www.domain-shop.co.uk Last edited by Whois-Search; 09-18-2003 at 05:44 PM..

09-18-2003, 01:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
JMJ DNF Addict Name: John J. Last Online: Today 06:05 PM iTrader: (74) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,332 DNF$: 4,424 Location: Neither here nor there Country:	Someone on another forum is developing stopverisign.com. __________________ "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

09-18-2003, 03:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
jberryhill Philadelphia Lawyer Last Online: 09-18-2009 01:17 AM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,987 DNF$: 6,350	There is always nsihorrorstories.com as well __________________ John Berryhill Ph.d., esq. John-AT-johnberryhill.com Please do not send private messages via dnforum.com, email me directly.

09-18-2003, 09:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mr Webname Oldbie Name: N one Last Online: 01-22-2007 05:03 PM iTrader: (6) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,014 DNF$: 1,943 Location: USA Country:	Moved to Legal issues :- "What is the Legal side of doing this to the person that hosts it ?"

09-19-2003, 05:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
dtobias Gold Lifetime Member Last Online: 06-13-2009 03:36 PM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 590 DNF$: 105 Location: Boca Raton, FL	STOPVERISIGN.ORG does have a couple of advantages over STOPVERISIGN.COM for such a campaign: (1) it indicates the noncommercial nature of its intent, and (2) it actually practices what it preaches by using a TLD independent of Verisign. (.INFO would also work in this regard.)

09-22-2003, 07:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
Whois-Search Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-19-2009 05:04 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,123 DNF$: 1,157 Country:	Since I posted it someone regged it LOL Domain Name:STOPVERISIGN.ORG Created On:18-Sep-2003 21:10:49 UTC __________________ www.whois-search.com and www.domain-shop.co.uk Last edited by Whois-Search; 09-22-2003 at 07:10 AM..

09-22-2003, 07:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
draqon Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 08-31-2007 01:35 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,140 DNF$: 3,049 Location: Wisconsin	this thread is kinda pointless, as most of us already 'boycot' verisign by not using their overpriced crappy services. I certainly don't keep my domains at their registrar, or buy their craptastic webhosting.

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