[Infowarrior] - Network Solutions, ICANN Sued Over Domain Front Running

[Richard Forno]

Network Solutions, ICANN Sued Over Domain Front Running
Duncan Riley

networksolutions.jpgNetwork Solutions and ICANN are being sued over the
³front running² domain registration practices that we covered last month.

³Network Solutions has forced millions of people to buy Internet domain
names from them instead of cheaper competitors through a scheme that¹s
netted the firm millions of dollars,² according to the federal class action
lawsuit filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner. The suit also alleges ICANN is
guilty by association as its policies allow Network Solutions to front run.

For those not familiar with the practice, Network Solutions (and some other
registrars) lock up domain names as soon as a user searches for them, taking
them off the market and forcing users to use their service to register the
name they want.

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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/network-solutions-icann-sued-over-domai
n-front-running/