Nope, ICANN is a not-for-profit organization afaik
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Swerve
> Sent: April 4, 2002 2:02 PM
> To: Donny Simonton; discuss-list@opensrs.net
> Subject: Re: New Verisign tactic with whois?
>
>
> Doesn't Verisign own Icann?
>
> :-)
>
> > From: "Donny Simonton" <donny@intercosmos.com>
> > Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:15:04 -0600
> > To: "'Judith Schreger - eWave'" <judith.schreger@ewave.at>,
> > <discuss-list@opensrs.net>
> > Subject: RE: New Verisign tactic with whois?
> >
> > Based on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement that all registrars sign
> > with ICANN which is located at
> > http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm.
> >
> > Requires all Registrations to provide WHOIS information and one of the
> > includes:
> > 3.3.1.5 The expiration date of the registration;
> >
> > So Verisign is breaking their Agreement with ICANN.
> >
> > Donny
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org [mailto:owner-discuss-
> >> list@opensrs.org] On Behalf Of Judith Schreger - eWave
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:48 AM
> >> To: discuss-list@opensrs.net
> >> Subject: AW: New Verisign tactic with whois?
> >>
> >> hi there,
> >>
> >>
> >> happened to me too (with three or four domains last and this week).
> >> i don't think it's about making it harder to get away, but to make it
> >> impossible to guess if a domain is still paid for or expired, and if
> > it is
> >> expired when it will be released by them.
> >>
> >> kind regards,
> >>
> >> judith
> >>
> >> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> >> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]Im Auftrag von Ivan
> >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. April 2002 09:49
> >> An: discuss-list@opensrs.net
> >> Betreff: New Verisign tactic with whois?
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi List.
> >>
> >> Ok, I gained a new client last week and when I looked up his domains,
> > they
> >> had expired. So, I explained we would have to renew them with netsol
> > (the
> >> current registrar). So i did as said (for 1 year of course). NOW,
> > after
> >> the
> >> whois update, I am seeing that the expired date is no longer even
> > being
> >> shown.... for both domains.
> >>
> >> Am I getting paranoid in thinking that as they update whois data for
> >> domains, they are stripping away the expires date to make it even
> > harder
> >> to
> >> get away from them at the right time????
> >>
> >> Any one else seen this on newly changed data at net sol??
> >>
> >> The domain is PYRINEX.COM should anyone want to view this.
> >>
> >> _ivan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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