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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:27:47 -0400
From: Gene Gaines <gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: GOOD QUESTION why hasnt the FTC or DOJ enjoined Site Finder already
under ACPA?
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: Gaines Group
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For those who believe that SiteFinder should not be permitted, breaks
some functions of the Internet, or perhaps is illegal, have you
taken any action as an individual, or as a corporate entity?
1. Have you filed a complaint with the FTC?
I have. And I have received a complaint number.
I would expect other people might take the time to file a complaint.
To file a complaint with the FTC, call tollfree, 1-877-FTC-HELP
(1-877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at www.ftc.gov.
Also, if you think the Verisign action is illegal, file a complaint
with the National Internet Fraud Information Center, 1-800-867-7060
(9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, M-F), outside U.S, Canada, PR.,
call 1-202-331-8590, or use the complaint form at www.fraud.org/.
2. Other contact information. These U.S. Federal Trade Commission
officials appear to be concerned with the Verisign case:
Stephen L. Cohen, Staff Attorney, 202-326-3222
Eric A. Wenger, Staff Attorney, 202-326-2310
Division of Marketing Practices
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
(These two gentlemen are the attorneys of record on the court
consent order signed by Verisign with the FTC just last week
regarding "Network Solutions [dba Verisign] Settles FTC Charges,
False Solicitations Allegedly Duped Consumers to Transfer
Domain Name Registrations".)
3. Here is a good place to monitor the ongoing Verisign problems,
Blog: http://www.circleid.com/sitefinder/
Monitoring the controversy over VeriSign's new Site Finder service.
Recent quotes there:
"Returning resource records in a way which is contrary to the very
design of the DNS certainly does not promote the stability of the
Internet." ?The ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee.
E-mail delivery will be interfered with. Scores of other
applications will also break. In some cases, there will be
security problems, where users running applications that should
have given them an error now connect them to a distant Internet
site. ?Brad Templeton, Chairman of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation
Breaks technical standards, by rewriting the expected error codes
to instead point to VeriSign's pay-per-click web directory, and
threatens the security and stability of the Internet. ?George
Kirikos, President, Leap of Faith Financial Services Inc.
I am now searching for a new parent domain whose publisher
will guarantee me, in perpetuity, that there will be no
wildcard name as there now is in "com". ?Paul Vixie, Founder &
Chairman of Internet Software Consortium
"VeriSign had traffic rank 1,559. But today its traffic rank is 19
-- meaning, at least among Alexa users (who are generally
representative of web users), the verisign.com domain has suddenly
become joined the top 20 sites." ?Benjamin Edelman, Harvard Law
School Student & Researcher at its Berkman Center for Internet &
Society.
Recent industry commentary cited there, with links:
* Breaking the Internet's Consensus Rule Sep 24, 03
* SiteFinder Is Leaking Data Sep 23, 03
* PIR Opposes SiteFinder; Will Not Implement Similar Service for .ORG
Sep 23, 03
* It's "Verisign vs. Users" Sep 23, 03
* GoDaddy Sues VeriSign Over Site Finder Sep 22, 03
* Why Site Finder is Breaking MS Outlook & Windows Networking
Utilities Sep 21, 03
* Quantifying SiteFinder Traffic Sep 20, 03
* ICANN and IAB Ask VeriSign to Suspend Site Finder Sep 20, 03
* $100 Million Lawsuit Filed Against VeriSign Sep 18, 03
* Site Finder: The Technical, Legal & Privacy Concerns Sep 18, 03
* ALAC Statement on Site Finder Sep 17, 03
* Bug Reveals the Snooper in VeriSign's Site Finder Sep 17, 03
* Paul Vixie in Response to Site Finder Controversy Sep 16, 03
* Petition Against Site Finder Sep 16, 03
* Brad Templeton in Response to Site Finder Controversy Sep 16, 03
+ Add Your Opinion to the comments there.
Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sterling, Virginia USA