FC: ICANN vs. Verisign flap: No more dot-com domain revenue?

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 12:14:16 PDT

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    Verisign is trading this afternoon at $6.78, down from a high of about $240 
    in early 2000:
    http://investor.cnet.com/investor/quotes/quote-detail/0-9970-1042-0-VRSN.html?tag=srch
    
    -Declan
    
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    Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:51:03 -0400
    From: Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillanat_private>
    Subject: icann and verisign
    To: declanat_private
    
    Hey Declan - Here's something Dave did for us this afternoon at
    post.com. Feel free to post to the
    list if you desire.
    
    Robert
    
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33395-2002Sep3.html
    
    By David McGuire
    washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
    Tuesday, September 3, 2002; 2:14 PM
    
    
    VeriSign Inc. could lose its right to sell "dot-com" domain names if
    it fails to address accusations that it violated its contract with
    global Internet addressing authorities.
    
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which
    manages the Internet's global addressing system, accused the largest
    dot-com registrar of failing to comply its accreditation agreements,
    citing 17 separate violations over the past 18 months.
    
    ICANN officials contend that VeriSign ignored its contractual
    responsibility to maintain an accurate, searchable database of its
    customers. All accredited Internet registrars are required to maintain
    publicly available "Whois" databases, which often provide the only
    clues to the identities of Web site operators.
    
    [...]
    
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