RE: [registrars] Latest Verisign Survey

["Beckwith, Bruce" <bbeckwith@verisign.com>]

Jim,

At the very least, let's deal with facts.

There is still a requirement for all registries to have a separation between
themselves and any affiliated registrars, i.e., Afilias, NeuStar,
RegistryPro, and VeriSign.

For VeriSign, please see Appendix H, Equivalent Access
(http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-apph-16apr01.ht
m), and Appendix I, Registry Code of Conduct
(http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-appi-com-25may0
1.htm) for details, though if you review the other registries (via link from
http://www.icann.org/general/agreements.htm#RegistrySponsorshipAgreements)
you will see that they all have the same requirements.

If you have questions on VeriSign's compliance, please contact Chuck Gomes
at VeriSign Global Registry Services.

Regards,

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Archer [mailto:jarcher@registrationtek.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:06 PM
To: registrars@dnso.org
Cc: sheridan@verisign-grs.net
Subject: [registrars] Latest Verisign Survey


Hi All...

I just received the latest customer survey from Verisign, asking how 
quickly we want to move to an EPP registry.

I would urge everyone not to be in too big a hurry to do this.  We all know 
our whois data is being mined and we further know that Verisign Registrar 
has been hit with an injunction to stop their deceptive transfer notice 
marketing, as a result of Bulk Registrar's legal action.  And, we know that 
GoDaddy filed a suit claiming that Verisign was still sending these 
notices, just not to Bulk Registrars customers.  Verisign has not denied 
this.

We also know that Verisign insists it has no monopoly, so it is not subject 
to regulation.  That would mean that the "Chinese Wall" they maintain is 
not mandated by law and any violation of that policy would be at the very 
worst a contract violation and perhaps a violation of nothing at all.

Given all that, I have to question the wisdom of handing them my customer 
data.  If they drop RRP, we're going to have to give all our contact data 
to them.  Given the track record on the use of such data it would seem the 
chances of abuse of that data are high.

I urge you all to oppose this change.

Jim

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