At 09:53 PM -0600 2003-09-17, Dave Warren forwarded:
>The Federal Trade Commission charged VeriSign with deceptive-business
>practices on Thursday in U.S. court in Washington after the firm sent
>out "domain name expiration notices" to competitors' customers in the
>spring of 2002.
>[snip]
>VeriSign agreed to provide refunds or a year of free service to
>thousands of customers under a class-action settlement reached earlier
>this year in a California court. Friday's FTC settlement, in which the
>company did not admit or deny guilt, means that it could face steep
>fines if it resorts to such marketing tactics again.
Perhaps our complaints should be going directly to the FTC rather
than the apparently powerless ICANN.
-- K@ Kat Nagel.
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