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Proposed agreement to settle pending litigation with Verisign and to extend Verisign's contract as the registry operator for the .com domain.

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  • Subject: Proposed agreement to settle pending litigation with Verisign and to extend Verisign's contract as the registry operator for the .com domain.
  • From: Stephen Castle <steve1@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:44:16 -0600


re: Proposed agreement to settle pending litigation with Verisign and to extend
Verisign's contract as the registry operator for the .com domain.


ICANN Board,

Decision Systems Plus does not believe the terms of this agreement are consistent with
the interests of registrants, registrars and re-sellers.


1) Pricing: The proposed revisions provide Verisign with the
unprecedented capability to increase prices by seven percent annually
in four of the next six years.

2) Perpetual Management Rights: The proposed revisions would modify
the renewal clauses so that the contract is essentially non-
cancellable and ICANN's right to re-bid the contract is taken away.
This is especially objectionable in the context of the current
restrictive regime for introduction of new International Top Level Domains.

There are other issues but these are the two most important.


Stephen Castle Decision Systems Plus, Inc. 1011 E. Touhy Rd. STE 170 Des Plaines, IL 60018

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