FC: ICANN vs. Verisign flap: No more dot-com domain revenue?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Verisign is trading this afternoon at $6.78, down from a high of about $240 
in early 2000:
http://investor.cnet.com/investor/quotes/quote-detail/0-9970-1042-0-VRSN.html?tag=srch

-Declan

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Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:51:03 -0400
From: Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan () wpni com>
Subject: icann and verisign
To: declan () well com

Hey Declan - Here's something Dave did for us this afternoon at
post.com. Feel free to post to the
list if you desire.

Robert

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33395-2002Sep3.html

By David McGuire
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 3, 2002; 2:14 PM


VeriSign Inc. could lose its right to sell "dot-com" domain names if
it fails to address accusations that it violated its contract with
global Internet addressing authorities.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which
manages the Internet's global addressing system, accused the largest
dot-com registrar of failing to comply its accreditation agreements,
citing 17 separate violations over the past 18 months.

ICANN officials contend that VeriSign ignored its contractual
responsibility to maintain an accurate, searchable database of its
customers. All accredited Internet registrars are required to maintain
publicly available "Whois" databases, which often provide the only
clues to the identities of Web site operators.

[...]

© 2002 TechNews.com




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