Three cheers for Ben!
Brian O'Donnell
Doctor PC
www.doctorpc.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Kennedy" <ben@zygoat.ca>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: VGRS Terms of Use
> On 16 9 2003 at 1:07 pm -0400, J. Vogel wrote:
>
> >As per the above clause... I am dissatisfied with all listed elements
> >and I would like to discontinue use of the verisign services and their
> >site.
> >Perhaps they could explain to me how that is to be accomplished?
>
> I just wrote to postmaster:
>
> ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ----------------
> Subject: How to discontinue use?
> Date Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2003 1:49 pm
> From: Ben Kennedy <ben@zygoat.ca>
> To: postmaster@sitefinder.verisign.com
>
> Greetings,
>
> Pursuant to your company's arrogant and ill-advised typosquatting
> campaign for the .net and .com domains, I have a question about your
> "terms of use":
>
> >Sole Remedy.
> >YOUR USE OF THE VERISIGN SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE
> >DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE MATERIALS, RESULTS OR OTHER CONTENTS OF THE
> >VERISIGN SERVICES OR WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OUR PRIVACY
> >STATEMENT, OR OTHER POLICIES, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF
> >THE VERISIGN SERVICES OR OUR SITE.
>
> Since I did not elect to have my traffic intercepted by Verisign in the
> first place, how do you suggest that I discontinue use of your services?
> It appears that my only option is to discontinue use of the internet.
>
> Is Verisign so self-important and dim-witted as to believe it owns the
> internet?
>
> -ben
>
> --
> Ben Kennedy, chief magician
> zygoat creative technical services
> 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628
> http://www.zygoat.ca
>
> ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------
>
>
> Perhaps I should have copied this to mlarson as well. I did, however,
> write him a personal message last night enquiring as to whether the
> entire Verisign staff are collectively smoking crack. (I have not as yet
> had any reply.)
>
> -ben
>
> --
> Ben Kennedy, chief magician
> zygoat creative technical services
> 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628
> http://www.zygoat.ca
>
>
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