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ICANN Throws Down the Gauntlet to VeriSign on Sitefinder
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While this letter by ICANN is a step in the right direction (it should have been sent on Day 1, or better yet, pre-emptively, as many of us had warned BEFORE SiteFinder went live), it does not go far enough. As per point (d) of the Stop Verisign DNS Abuse [whois.sc] petition, ICANN should insist that all audited GROSS revenues of SiteFinder (this would include Overture's share, Paxfire's share, VeriSign's share and anyone else participating in the revenue of the system) be returned to ICANN, via a payment to the GNSO in the name of the Non-Commercial Constituency. VeriSign and its partners should not be allowed to profit from their reckless behaviour.
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This is secondary, and very minor as it was only "live" for about three weeks. I would estimate the SiteFinder revenues to be only several million dollars. All I'm concerned about is that VeriSign halt SiteFinder permanently. While restitution is nice, it's not necessary. ;)
Doug
Doug Mehus
http://doug.mehus.info/ [mehus.info]
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Bzzzt, wrong, guess again. It could be on the order of $1 million/day, if you include everyone's piece of the action (including Paxfire, Overture, VeriSign, and anyone else). That's $20 million, that can be used to reduce com/net fees by $1/yr, for example.
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