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Verisign Granted DNS Lookup Patent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whois-listening dept.

mattgick writes "The Register has a story on how verisign was granted the DNS lookup patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,560,634). Scripts which check to see if a domainname has been taken would be in violation with this patent. A discussion on this subject is going on over here."

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  1. Send compaints to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to complain, go here:
    http://65.205.249.60

  2. ICANN'T by somethingwicked · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh My God! You slashdotted ICANN! You bastards!

    Oh, wait, they aren't that cool anyways

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    ---"What did I say that sounded like 'Tell me about your day?'"---

    1. Re:ICANN'T by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Maybe we should start putting the slashdot effect to good use as a form of net activism.

      Anyone who dosen't like Verisign should take a moment to get to know the company better by reading their 2001 annual report (1.5 MB)

      If 100,000 people read it, it will eat up 150GB of bandwidth. If everyone does it once a day how long would it be until verisign cracks?

  3. script vs. human by Almost_anonymous_cow · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what exactly is the difference between having a human/monkey/pigeon do something as opposed to writing a script that does it?
    When both accomplish the same thing in the end.
    Now to start train my legion of patent violating monkeys and pigeons. Accepting applications now.

  4. Re:Ah another brilliant patent award... by Keighvin · · Score: 5, Funny

    You certainly won't find any prior art for it at the patent office.

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    Any spoon would be too big.