On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Alex Kamantauskas wrote:
Not really operational content, but I was wondering if there was an intellectual property issue with the Verisign .com/.net redirect?
For instance, <http://searchthewebwithgoogle.com/> brings you to a Verisign search engine.
Or, even better, <http://getyourdomainnameatregister.com/> will bring you to a Verisign website.
This is the best point of attack I believe. A quick review of the WIPO domain decision archive: http://listbox.wipo.int/domain-updates shows that domains registered in bad faith, for example wwwcdw.com, are usually ruled against. If the individual domain holders take issue with their own domains, both through WIPO, and what I feel will ultimately need to happen for this madness to stop, the courts, then Verisign can be stopped. Millions of domains registed in bad faith. http://wwwford.net/ http://worldnetatt.net http://wwwlightreading.net http://wwwcnn.net andy -- PGP Key Available at http://www.tigerteam.net/andy/pgp