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A Snag For Verisign's Suit Against ICANN

Posted by timothy on from the they-cann't dept.

Dinglenuts writes "Looks like Verisign just received a setback in their lawsuit against ICANN. Verisign sued ICANN for making them take down Sitefinder, but the judge said that their case was 'awfully vague.' The extensive mischief caused by Verisign's new attempts at 'service' have been well documented on Slashdot." Reader Mz6 points out the same AP story as carried by USA Today.

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  1. Acronyms for all! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    IANAL but ICANN doesn't give IPs, IANA does. So PTIYPASI. HTH, HAND.

  2. A sad day for justice... by ForestGrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The extensive mischief caused by Verisign's new attempts at 'service' have been well documented on Slashdot."

    A sad day for justice will come when rantings of us lab monkeys will be used as evidence in court.

    -Grump

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    1. Re:A sad day for justice... by elwell642 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your Honor, I present Exhibit A, a posting from "Anonymous Coward." Here he asserts that he is an expert in the realm of internet policy, and that the following facts are indeed true...

      And here we have Exhibit B, the log file from the IRC chatroom #death2SCO...

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  3. Awww! by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 4, Funny

    Poor VeriSign! They can't hijack the internet anymore. :(

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  4. Vague by anonicon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Verisign sued ICANN for making them take down Sitefinder, but the judge said that their case was 'awfully vague.'"

    Hey!, I'm in a smartass mood today, WTF is wrong with "awfully vague?" It seems to work for the DMCA and a lot of other bogus legislation.

    Chuck

  5. Re:Arghh... Sitefinder by DoorFrame · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, I just bought lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com and I'm going to mirror the old sitefinder page. Just as a service to those who were missing it.

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  6. Objection, your honor! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of the defense's evidence is preceded by the phrase: 'I am not a lawyer.'

  7. Don't blame me... by Mz6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    but just incase Yahoo gets slashdotted, there's always USA Today to hammer on next!

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  8. Re:Arghh... Sitefinder by wintermute740 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Don't worry, I just bought lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com and I'm going to mirror the old sitefinder page. Just as a service to those who were missing it."

    Please remove the lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com domain, as it preys on the users of my site, lkwdlgkhlhkgwg.com. If the results of past cybersquatting cases are any indication, I believe I have a pretty good case ;)

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  9. Re:Arghh... Sitefinder by BCoates · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a town in Wales that's going to be pissed you bought up their name.