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VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the to-all-good-things dept.

dmehus writes "It was only a matter of time, the pundits said, and they were right. Popular Enterprises, LLC., an Orlando, Florida based cybersquatting so-called 'search services' company, has filed a lawsuit in Orlando federal court against VeriSign, Inc. over VeriSign's controversial SiteFinder 'service.' While PopularEnterprises has had a dodgy history of buying up thousands of expired domain names and redirecting them to its Netster.com commercial "search services" site, the lawsuit is most likely a good thing, as it provides one more avenue to pursue in getting VeriSign to terminate SiteFinder. According to the lawsuit, the company contends alleges antitrust violations, unfair competition and violations of the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. It asks the court to order VeriSign to put a halt to the service. VeriSign spokesperson Brian O'Shaughnessy said the company has not yet seen the lawsuit and that it doesn't comment on pending litigation."

3 of 403 comments (clear)

  1. I've never understood by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's wrong with cybersquatting? How is it different from the pioneers getting 40 acres and a mule?

  2. what the fuck? by u-238 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    just a few minutes ago i was reading a forum and someine directed me to " http://www.ananitech.com/ "

    i loaded it up, and it eventually brought up the new site finder, and said "did you mean" and gave me a list (with google spell checking accuracy) of sites that it could have been. sure enough, it linked me to anandtech.com, which is what the person was refering to.

    and the writer or this article states that"the lawsuit is most likely a good thing, as it provides one more avenue to pursue in getting VeriSign to terminate SiteFinder"

    What the fuck are you talking about?

    would you rather be refered to a list of similar sites who might be the one you meant, or fucking nester.com ???

    what the fuck is wrong with you?

    1. Re:what the fuck? by SpookyFish · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Even worse user data than an AC, and I'm not a troll feeder... but he's on the spot, language or no.

      Verisign has the rights.. that decision has been made, and can be addressed in other venues if there is a desire. So, they are getting some ad bucks off making less-savvy and too-fast-typing people -- *BUT* ultimately directing them in the right place.

      GOOD FOR THEM. You (and I) know we wish we'd thought of it and had the position to use it.

      Don't like it, don't agree with it, but acknowledge their right to use the service they faught for and won. If you can't take it, fight the fight to give them (better) competition, instead of filing some frivolous lawsuit.

      MOD IT UP.