[ga] Commerce Dept, ICANN now defendants in SiteFinder lawsuit
All former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,
Again I hate to say I told you so, but... Again this whole situation
was
born of ICANN's giving away .COM to verisign for .ORG and .NET
at a later date. DOC should have nixed that contract... And the
than sitting ICANN BoD should have NEVER recommended it to
DOC/NTIA. We, INEGroup tried along with a number of other
groups to head this off. I am now wondering if IRA will be wanting
all of the archives of this ML for evidence, and if I will be deposed...
I don't believe I can emphasize how inept and foolish the ICANN
BoD and staff have been over the past nearly 5 years that I and
our members have been engaged...
See below:
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From: "Ira P. Rothken" <ira@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declan@xxxxxxxx>, <politech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Verisign and SiteFinder
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:38:04 -0800
Organization: Rothken Law Firm
Declan,
We decided to add ICANN and the United States Department of Commerce to
our Federal Case in Northern California (Syncalot v. Verisign) involving
the legality of Verisign's SiteFinder service. We added the above
additional parties in an effort to have a more complete record and a
full and fair adjudication of the issues. We are seeking to enjoin the
SiteFinder service and declare it illegal. Here is a link to the First
Amended Complaint which alleges, amongst other things, that Verisign
breached its agreements and violated the law when it attempted to use
control of the domain name root server to "break the Internet" and
monetize domain name properties it did not own.
www.techfirm.com/verisignfac.pdf
Ira P. Rothken
Rothken Law Firm
www.techfirm.com
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