Seems some countries and organizations have had come to their senses and looked up the translation of the word Forever. To me when someone says forever that means to the end of time. But just like a good marriage vow forever does not always mean forever. So when ICANN gave Verisign the rights to the .com domain forever I had to sit back and say are they kidding.
It’s one thing to say that in jest because as humans we can understand that sometimes forever does not mean forever but when you put it on a legal document that to me really means forever especially when you have a big company that is making a boat load of money every year on .com domain renewals.
I think I am going to have to buy some stock in Verisign because heck if they own the .com domain forever I think my kids, kids, kids, kids, kids will be able to cash out very profitably. But not so fast grasshopper it seems that finally these international bodies are saying the same thing I did “WTF” hopefully they can use their lawyers and some PRESSURE to have the legal documents changed to reflect a period of time versus forever. Because folks the world changes to fast for these types of agreements. [BBC]
Well, I’d have to say you’re completely right on this one. Basically, ICANN sold out the consumers of .net and .com to make it and VeriSign’s pockets plump with cash. Let’s hope and pray (prey?) that someone can some sense into someone at one of these companies who’s in a position to do something about it. Unfortunatly, screwing over the consumer doesn’t make much *business sense* so fat chance in that happening. Let’s hope that at least one or two of the judges involved in each case (there are at least 3 agains this thing) will have a shred of common sense to know this can’t be good for consumers in the long run.