Domain Name Wire Antitrust lawsuit filed against Verisign and ICANN over .com pricing

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Lawsuit alleges Verisign has maintained an illegal monopoly over the .com registry. A California man has sued (pdf) Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and ICANN, alleging that their agreements governing .com have allowed Verisign to maintain an illegal monopoly and charge excessive prices for .com domain names. Plaintiff Jeff Kessler is the registrant of six .com domain […]

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Interesting @Helmuts

 

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Interesting @Helmuts

Yes, there seems to be a group of people who keep constantly going after .com contract.. have been trying to understand who they are - unsuccessful so far .. haven't seen a proper attack on Verisign yet > or, probably they are on the top of things and killing the fire till it starts spreading.. so far all these attempts seem very foolish

.. or, could this be an isolated case? maybe.. don't think so..

 

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What do they think they can honestly do? Distribution of the .com contract with several different registries?! No. An extension by definition has to have a monopoly…

 

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What do they think they can honestly do? Distribution of the .com contract with several different registries?! No. An extension by definition has to have a monopoly…

Exactly )