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Verisign--Proposed Monopoly

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Apparently Verisign wants a monopoly power over expired domain names.... Which will then no longer be freely available unless you pay Verisign's premium price for them. Sorry about the somewhat incoherent links below, but I couldn't find the whole story nicely summarized for you:

http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=511&mode=thread&order=0

http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc09/msg00514.html

Bob Helmer Daily Rotation http://www.dailyrotation.com Shell Extension City http://www.shellcity.net St. Louis, Missouri

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