Re: [At-Large] Network Solutions Sued For Defrauding Millions -ICANN also named in Class Action
How can ALAC which only exists as a part of ICANN (Advisory Committee)
support a legal action against ICANN? As a non-USian and a non-lawyer,
it seems strange to me, but I am willing to be enlightened by the US
lawyers (as it is a US legal matter)
Jacqueline
Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
> Izumi and all,
>
> I psoted this article yeaterday. However the ALAC would
> be WISE to supprot this legal action IMO. Failure to do so
> will be exposing users to other and further abuses.
>
> Izumi AIZU wrote:
>
>
>> Interesting article, Sebastian!
>> What should ALAC's position be? Support this? Or keep distance?
>>
>> izumi
>>
>> 2008/2/27, Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet@xxxxxxx>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For your information
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20080225/LAM06125022008-1.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Solutions has forced millions
>>> of people to buy Internet domain names from them instead of cheaper
>>> competitors through a scheme that's netted the firm millions of dollars, a
>>> federal class action lawsuit filed today by Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP
>>> states. ICANN, whose policies facilitate the scheme, is also named in the
>>> suit, filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
>>>
>>> "Imagine if you asked a car dealer if they had a black convertible and were
>>> then forced to buy the car from them. Would you get a good deal? Each time
>>> someone asks Network Solutions about a domain name, the firm creates a
>>> monopoly for itself, forcing consumers to pay the price they demand," said
>>> Brian Kabateck, lead counsel in the class action and Kabateck Brown
>>> Kellner's Managing Partner.
>>>
>>> Whenever someone searches for the availability of a domain name through
>>> Network Solutions' website, the company immediately registers the name for
>>> itself, preventing other companies from selling it and forcing consumers to
>>> pay Network Solutions' expensive fees.
>>>
>>> If a consumer were to go to another, cheaper site to register the name, they
>>> would find the name is "unavailable." Consumers are never informed that
>>> inquiring as to a name's availability through Network Solutions results in
>>> the company holding a monopoly on selling that name.
>>>
>>> This allows Network Solutions to continue charging substantially higher
>>> prices for domain name registration. Network Solutions charged $34.99 to
>>> register the name sought by this suit's lead plaintiff. A competitor would
>>> have charged $9.99.
>>>
>>> Network Solutions' scheme is made possible by ICANN. ICANN allows companies
>>> that sell domain names to avoid paying registration fees for names cancelled
>>> within five days. Thus, Network Solutions can defraud customers at no cost
>>> to itself.
>>>
>>> ICANN is aware that Network Solutions is abusing this policy and yet
>>> continues to facilitate its actions.
>>>
>>> ICANN is the international organization, headquartered in Marina Del Rey,
>>> CA, that regulates domain names and other Internet protocols.
>>>
>>> Kabateck Brown Kellner is one of the nation's foremost consumer law firms.
>>> Its clients have won more than $750 million against Google, Yahoo!, Farmer's
>>> Insurance, Eli Lilly and others. As a plaintiff's-only firm, Kabateck Brown
>>> Kellner is always on the consumers' side.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sébastien Bachollet
>>>
>>> Président
>>>
>>> sebastien.bachollet@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>> www.egeni.org
>>>
>>> www.isoc.fr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> >> Izumi Aizu <<
>>
>> Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita
>> Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo
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