All good points.
Verisign must back down or Icann must step in so they do.
I predict they will.
Swerve
At 11:31 PM -0700 9/14/03, George Kirikos wrote:
Hello,
>
>--- Karl Auerbach <karl@cavebear.com> wrote:
>>
>> > >"gTLD Registry operators WILL return NXDOMAIN for ALL DNS queries
>> for
>> > >which there is not a REGISTERED domain name."
>>
>> > what existing technical standards are you suggesting are being
>> broken by
>> > the "abusive monopolist" ?
>>
>> Well, if queries for unregistered domains are returning records,
>> those
>> records have TTL (time to live) values.
>>
>> And if someone comes along and registers that name, the usability of
>> that
>> name is contaminated for at least the duration of that TTL, usually
>> longer.
>
>Here's another related abuse. Suppose a domain name expires (but hasn't
>been deleted), or is pulled out of the zone file for another reason
>(e.g. client isn't using it at the moment). The registry will be
>monetizing traffic on a domain that IS REGISTERED! That's stealing. If
>one has website monitoring software, to alert you to the "downtime" of
>a website (e.g. due to the domain expiring), you would never have been
>alerted, as the website would come back online, but pointing to a
>Verislime site instead.
>
>Furthermore, suppose the domain name is something like
>canadasbestapples.com, and I choose to register it with no nameservers,
>planning to sell yummy apple fruits. But, it being wildcarded by the
>registry, there turns out to be a landing page for Macintosh computers,
>as someone decided to advertise that term on the domain name. Apple
>Computer decides to UDRP the registrant of canadasbestapples.com, due
>to the TM infringement!
>
>UDRP Panelists tend to be easily confused (e.g. see the Diablo.com case
>at http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/154596.htm how they found
>the domain was registered October 29, 2002, using the improper
>registrar WHOIS, instead of the true date of September 12, 1995, if one
>uses the Registry WHOIS), many will be clueless as to the nameservers
>not existing, with the redirection really being done by Verisign.
>
>Anyone that's for TM rights should be appalled by Verisign's behaviour.
>It's funny how a few in the IP community were fooled by Verisign's BS
>over WLS, pretending to be their friend....now we see Verisign
>unmasked, in all their ugliness.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>George Kirikos
>http://www.kirikos.com/
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