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IP: Outcry over ICANN's outrageous decision Monday: Good Morning Silicon Valley Tue Apr 03 12:15:29 EDT 2001
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 04:42:17 -0400
Outcry over ICANN's outrageous decision Monday to allow VeriSign to continue managing the lucrative .com registry through 2007 -- with an option to renew for four years thereafter -- was swift and caustic. ICANN board member Karl Auerbach -- one of only three ICANN board members to vote against approving the contentious contract -- immediately decried it as unfair. "This was not a win for the Internet community. This was a win for some business interests, VeriSign in particular," <http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163983.html>Auerbach told Newsbytes. "The Department of Commerce has a responsibility to the citizens of the United States who have been left out of the benefits of this contract." ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf did his damnedest to dismiss allegations that the agency had given VeriSign preferential treatment, and said the new agreement goes a long way toward increasing competition. Touting the contract as <http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr02apr01.htm>"a significant improvement" over the one negotiated in 1999, Cerf said "these new agreements reflect both the increasing maturity of ICANN and evidence that VeriSign wants to be a cooperative participant in the ICANN process."
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