{"id":148,"date":"2006-02-21T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evardsson.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/verisign-icann-deal-much-ado-about-nothing\/"},"modified":"2007-03-03T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2007-03-03T20:44:10","slug":"verisign-icann-deal-much-ado-about-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evardsson.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/verisign-icann-deal-much-ado-about-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"VeriSign-ICANN deal: much ado about nothing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a large amount of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FUD\" title=\"Fear Uncertainty and Doubt\" target=\"_blank\">FUD<\/a>  generated in the last week regarding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icann.org\" title=\"ICANN\" target=\"_blank\">ICANN<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verisign.com\" title=\"VeriSign\" target=\"_blank\"> VeriSign<\/a>  settlement. It seems that most that I have seen has been coming from name registrars, and notably the blog of Bob Parson (founder and president of GoDaddy).<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Bob is trying to encourage people to write to their congressmen to get involved and squash the deal. I find this interesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobparsons.com\/dotcomscam.html\" title=\"Bob Parson's ICANN VeriSign article\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>  is from last Wednesday (2\/15\/06) while the deal was penned sometime prior to October 24, 2005. If this is such a big deal why did it take Bob so long to respond?<\/p>\n<p>Most of the FUD is along the lines of an evil empire-type scheme to raise the prices for .com registration so VeriSign can fill their coffers with the money of the poor, down-trodden <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netizen\" title=\"netizen\" target=\"_blank\">netizens<\/a>. This is, of course, based on the pricing information in section 7.3.d which states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Maximum Price. The Maximum Price for Registry Services subject to this Paragraph 7.3 shall be as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>from the Effective Date through 31 December 2006, US$6.00;<\/li>\n<li>for each calendar year beginning with 1 January 2007, the smaller of the preceding year&#8217;s Maximum Price or the highest price charged during the preceding year, multiplied by 1.07.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Does this mean that VeriSign is going to rush out raise the price as much as possible? No. VeriSign is a solid, reputable company that has been in the market long enough to know how to set (and if need be raise) prices in a manner that will not negatively impact the market.<\/p>\n<p>ICANN was never meant to be a regulator, but a coordinating body. I&#8217;m sure that Paul Twomey and Vinton Cerf knew what they were doing in setting up this deal. For a more logical look at the implications check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circleid.com\/posts\/verisign_icann_proposed_settlement_discussed_in_vancouver\/\" title=\"VeriSign ICANN article\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>  by Keith Teare from November 30, 2005, or look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icann.org\/tlds\/agreements\/verisign\/index-2005.htm\" title=\"Agreement Documents and addenda\" target=\"_blank\">documents<\/a>  yourself and make your own decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a large amount of FUD generated in the last week regarding the ICANN VeriSign settlement. 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