In a plot twist reminiscent of a soap opera, domain registrar GoDaddy is throwing its support to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is being sued by competing registrar VeriSign. The lawsuit involves ICANN’s demand that VeriSign suspend its controversial SiteFinder service, which redirects mistyped domains to VeriSign sites instead of delivering error messages. This and other related disputes raise questions about ICANN’s governance of Internet domains, Gartner analyst Lydia Leong told TechNewsWorld.
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GoDaddy Backs ICANN in Fight Against VeriSign
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 4, 2004 02:00 PMIn a plot twist reminiscent of a soap opera, domain registrar GoDaddy is throwing its support to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is being sued by competing registrar VeriSign. The lawsuit involves ICANN’s demand that VeriSign suspend its controversial SiteFinder service, which redirects mistyped domains to VeriSign sites instead of delivering error messages. This and other related disputes raise questions about ICANN’s governance of Internet domains, Gartner analyst Lydia Leong told TechNewsWorld.