ICANN Releases New .com Contract

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 30, 2006 @05:53AM from the domain-registration-at-gunpoint dept.

truthsearch writes "The Register is reporting that ICANN has released a revised contract for all dotcoms. The new revision hopes to bring an end to the huge legal fights surrounding the core of the Internet. From the article: 'Significant changes have been made to the deal - which will hand control of all dotcom domains to current owner VeriSign until 2012 - following widespread criticism from the Internet industry. Changes include limits on VeriSign's price-rising powers, reduced scope for VeriSign to sell personalized data to third-parties, and marginally increased control over VeriSign's ability to introduce changes to the existing dotcom business model.'"

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Communism! by Avillia · 2006-01-30 06:04 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Ill be truthful here: I have absolutely no idea what will come of VeriSign taking over .com initative. I dont really give a flying...damn about finding out either. Chances are things will adapt soon and domain maintenance will be taken care of as usual, and the only people who will end up affected are domain name companies, and even then, those appear not to be affected that much. But, whatever it is, at whatever time it is, for whatever publically broadcast reason, it is made to benefit the corporate interest: In this case, Verisign.

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