Network Solutions Sued

[Prospecting]

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http://www.circleid.com/posts/lawsuit_network_solutions_and_icann/

 

[Gerry]

Should have never sold it to you!

I knew someone else originally had it.

 

[Theo]

I knew someone else originally had it.

ICANNT disclose what I plan to do with it.

 

[domain newbie]

has anyone noticed~ Netsol reduced .com reg fee to $9.00/year !!

 

[Dave Zan]

"Imagine if you asked a car dealer if they had a black convertible and were then forced to buy the car from them. Would you get a good deal? Each time someone asks Network Solutions about a domain name, the firm creates a monopoly for itself, forcing consumers to pay the price they demand," said Brian Kabateck, lead counsel in the class action and Kabateck Brown Kellner's Managing Partner.

Uh...what if no other car dealer is selling that particular black convertible you
want? Or, say, you go to another car dealer, they find out you want that one
in particular, they approach the one you just came from, buy it, and won't sell
it to you?

Just tossing around certain scenarios here. But I wonder why some people feel
as if Network Solutions is "forcing" them to register that with them when they
can either wait up to 4 days, or call them to delete it.

If anything, it just so happens that certain people think differently, then have
decided to force the issue. Oh well...

 

[karter9977]

Did ICANN not learn anything from the RegFly debacle?

I thought they were shut down or something. Now they are back up as RegFly instead of RegisteryFly. Did I miss something lol

 

[Gerry]

ICANNT disclose what I plan to do with it.

Looks like a blog topic to me. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Fearless]

The lawyers should tack on to the suit NSI auctioning off their customer's expired names. They made very little regging names based on whois searches. They make millions by not deleting names.

 

[Theo]

It's too late now, Greg. The practice of registrars teaming up with dropcatchers, or having dropcatching sister companies is out of the bag and cannot be reversed without some crazy amount of legal wrangling. Millions of dollars are at stake. And it's late for ICANN to become this radical organization that it never was. So let's focus on cleaning the real shit out of the pan, that is, the kiters and frontrunners.

 

[DN BROKER]

can we get a piece of the law suit?

 

[Gerry]

The practice of registrars teaming up with dropcatchers, or having dropcatching sister companies is out of the bag and cannot be reversed without some crazy amount of legal wrangling. Millions of dollars are at stake.

Perhaps Billions of dollars on an annual basis.

This has got to be the most lucrative, low risk, unregulated, poor oversight business on the planet.

Nothing will ever simply drop anymore. Everything will go to auction...the good, bad, indifferent.

So lets form our own corporation, reg everything not regged, start our own drop and auction front company, inflate stats and hype the hell out of them, put fake numbers and fancy icons on them and sell the heck out of PutAnEndToFrontRunnerScumbags.com and ICANNTseeMyWayOutOfThisOne.com.

 

[coast]

Cancel your names instead of letting them drop. Then they will go back into the available pool without a lot of fanfare.

 

[DN BROKER]

I was a customer at Network Solutions.... No wonder why I always felt cheated by the prices. Can consumers also join the law suit? Every paid customer to date should be compensated for damages.

 

[Dave Zan]

Every paid customer to date should be compensated for damages.

You mean damages for registering/transferring their domain names to Network
Solutions at prices both parties agreed upon? It's not like they're forced to go
with them since they can always choose other providers with lower prices.

If you're one of Network Solutions' VIP customers, they give discounts. But if
you're not and you don't agree with their prices, then you can always transfer
your domain names to one who does what you expect.

The judge will ultimately decide the merit of this suit.

 

[domaingenius]

Uh...what if no other car dealer is selling that particular black convertible you
want? Or, say, you go to another car dealer, they find out you want that one
in particular, they approach the one you just came from, buy it, and won't sell
it to you?

Just tossing around certain scenarios here. But I wonder why some people feel
as if Network Solutions is "forcing" them to register that with them when they
can either wait up to 4 days, or call them to delete it.

If anything, it just so happens that certain people think differently, then have
decided to force the issue. Oh well...

I agree. In the car dealer case any sensible person would go and find another car at different dealers. The same applies to domain names surely. I would like "sex.com" but some guy is preventing me regging it because, oh he's regged it and will only sell it to mme for millions. I cannot see that what Network Solutions is illegal, maybe sharp practice but thats as far as it can go.I hope the case gets thrown out myself otherwise may have some come back for domainers generally.

DG

 

[draggar]

can we get a piece of the law suit?

In lawsuits like this roughly 33%-50% of the monetary gains go to the lawyers. Something like 30%-60% go to a couple of people who initially filed the lawsuit and the rest goes to the millions of other people who were also affected it. If they settle and you were effected by this, then you will get a letter explaining your options.

Cancel your names instead of letting them drop. Then they will go back into the available pool without a lot of fanfare.

Nope. I dropped a couple of domains only to see them come back up on the drop-catch services roughly 30-45 days later.

I agree. In the car dealer case any sensible person would go and find another car at different dealers. The same applies to domain names surely. I would like "sex.com" but some guy is preventing me regging it because, oh he's regged it and will only sell it to mme for millions. I cannot see that what Network Solutions is illegal, maybe sharp practice but thats as far as it can go.I hope the case gets thrown out myself otherwise may have some come back for domainers generally.

True, but what if that car dealership bought all of that model car and then charged you 4 times the sticker price forcing you to buy it because you couldn't get it elsewhere? In a nutshell it is anti-capitalist and trying to force Network Solutions into a monopoly (well, we can't call it that since domains are now a "luxury" and not a necessity).

It has been shown that NetSol parks these pages and advertises them as being for sale, in a nutshell taking advantage of their consumer's trust. It may not be illegal but it sure has hell is shady and highly unethical. Personally I am glad I do not deal with Network Solutions unless I don't have a choice (dropped domains etc..).

 

[VTEC]

finally someone will do something with those m****rf*****s !

 

[Prospecting]

Leadership of Netsol will not loose any previous ill-gotten gains.

I assume the top leaders of Netsol have diversified/distributed all previous revenue as necessary to protect them-selves.

Hopefully, culpability and intent will be part of the class-action. From what I am reading in this thread, any pucker factor for the Netsol leadership would be somewhat satisfying to most posting here. Long way down the road, outcome may be years out.

 

[domaingenius]

I must say I will be happy if the end result is that netsol stop the practice of regging all whois enquiries, that was there will be more for us all to reg !.Just hope it stops there as tasting in small form is useful.

DG

 

[smashfactory]

has anyone noticed~ Netsol reduced .com reg fee to $9.00/year !!

your right- i just searched NetsolRotInHell.com- and the next page said it was 9.00

they couldnt be so stupid as to fight this saying they do NOT charge 34.00 bucks????

idiots