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VeriSign To Control .com Domain Until 2012

Posted by Zonk on from the good-deal dept.

DIY News wrote to mention a Reuters article reporting that VeriSign will control the .com domain until 2012, according to an agreement with ICANN. From the article: "The agreement settles a long-running dispute between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, and the most powerful company under its jurisdiction. The settlement comes at a time when ICANN is under attack from China, Iran and other countries that want more direct control over the domain-name system that guides traffic around the Internet."

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  1. The Mayan calendar ends in 2012 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Coincidence? Yeah, probably, but you should call Art Bell just in case.

    1. Re:The Mayan calendar ends in 2012 by mctk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not to mention it's the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Coincidence? Probably, but I'd still recommend that you never let go.

      --
      Paul Grosfield - the quicker picker upper.
  2. fair? by ajdlinux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Verisign has been known to go around policy: who authorised .root? ICANN is known to be undemocratic and hold meetings in places where people can't access them. Could some non-profit organisation take over .com and make the internet fair again?