Statement in Support of Renewal gTLD Agreement for .biz

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ensuring the continued security and stability of its infrastructure is
critical to the continued growth of the Internet. That is why VeriSign
supports the proposed new registry agreement for .biz. The agreement
closely mirrors the model registry agreements that ICANN has already
used or proposed for .com, .info, .mobi, .net, and .org.

These agreements strike the important balance between protecting
Internet users and providing registry operators with the incentives and
flexibility to continue to invest in the Internet infrastructure.  They
also create a level playing field for all the registries.

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Chuck Gomes
VeriSign Information Services
cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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