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Verisign's Lawsuit Against ICANN Dismissed

Posted by michael on from the too-bad-so-sad dept.

emtboy9 writes "Internet domain name registry VeriSign just can't seem to convince anyone that redirecting misspelled Web addresses to its own site is a good thing. A federal district court judge on Thursday threw out VeriSign's legal arguments that ICANN's ban on this tactic amounted to a violation of U.S. antitrust law. VeriSign, which runs the master database for .com and .net addresses, had argued that its competitors had succeeded in stymying VeriSign's plans for its Site Finder service by providing advice to the board of directors of ICANN, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers."

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  1. This seems familiar... by romper · · Score: 5, Funny

    VeriSign responded by issuing a press release stating that the federal court system doesn't really exist, and that all other domain registrars must purchase a license from VeriSign to continue to sell domain names or face litigation.

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    1. Re:This seems familiar... by kmmatthews · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be like them, to threaten to use a tool that they claim doesn't exist in order to coerce people to pay them. :)

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    2. Re:This seems familiar... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, that'd be like SCO.

      But seeing VeriSign lose reputability in the business world is fine, too.

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    3. Re:This seems familiar... by XMyth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes. What's wrong with that logic?

      -SCO

  2. Wait a minute... by response3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    www.goolge.com = www.verisign.com. Huh? Or even worse, www.reallynastygirls.com = www.verisign.com !! Oh the horror!

    1. Re:Wait a minute... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      www.goolge.com = www.verisign.com. Huh? Or even worse, www.reallynastygirls.com = www.verisign.com !! Oh the horror!

      Even better, call the FBI.

      "Yes officers, these 'Verisign' people seem to be behind 99% of the porno sites on the Internet..."

  3. Re:plagiarizing by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Luckily our eagle-eyed /. editors caught it before they posted it.

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  4. Misspellins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one, wish that all misspellings in URLs would just automatically go to a porn, casino or other site that tries to hijack your home page and/or install spyware. It would save millions of dollars to the poor companies who provide these services.

  5. Coming soon... by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry! Your request for "www.icann.org" was not successful. The domain may not exist or may be a bunch of jerks that won't let us get away with world dominations.

    Please visit <a href="http://www.verisign.com/">this super awesome site</a> to find what you're looking for.

    1. Re:Coming soon... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sorry! Your request for "www.icann.org" was not successful. The domain may not exist or may be a bunch of jerks that won't let us get away with world dominations.

      Coming soon: VeriSign to rename itself "ICANT".

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    2. Re:Coming soon... by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...or "ICANTOO".

  6. Re:plagiarizing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As almost no one reads TFA around here, he probably thought that he could get away with it.

  7. Plagirized by Mothra+the+III · · Score: 1, Funny

    emtboy9's writeup is not much of a writeup. It's word for word the first 3 paragraph of the article without giving CNet credit for it. That's kind of a no-no to me.

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  8. Re:plagiarizing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is this modded 'informative'??? It's quite clear he's ripping off this comment.

  9. I think I speak for everyone on the planet.... by bani · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...when I say,

    fuck you, verisign

  10. Re:Like it really matters.... by glpierce · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Had they won this case, SCO would have claimed ownership of Verizon and took it down anyways."

    I see - once they owned Verizon, they could cut off Verisign's phone service and then use it as leverage to get them to turn it down. Brilliant.

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  11. Re:yes.. because it was... by shufler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that not a required attribute of the ninja?

  12. Re:As I understand it... by xgamer04 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah yeah ICANN was all like "Yo Veri, take care of my peeps fo a while" and Veri was like "OK holmes", but then veri was like "dag yo, i gots mad power" and ICANN came back and was all up in his face like "OH NO YOU DI-ENT!"

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  13. Does ICANN still get cut of the reg fee? by Em+Ellel · · Score: 4, Funny

    If so, it seems they should simply send Verisign a bill for infinate number of domains. (Is there a limit on how long a domain name can be?)

    I can just picture the look on the face of the Verisign employee opening a bill with a big infinity sign in the amount column.

    -Em

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