Network Solutions and ICANN Named in Class Action Lawsuit

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Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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Network Solutions and ICANN Named in Class Action Lawsuit
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Just a few days ago, according to reports from Ars Technica, a panel put Network Solutions up for questioning for allegations of domain frontrunning. Frontrunning is the practice in which users would look up a domain name via the registration-site WHOIS, and would appear available, but every other internet registrar would show the names as unavailable, and registered to Network Solutions, thus forcing the user to purchase the domain from them.

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Network Solutions has clearly bent the ICANN rules to their own financial advantage here, and ICANN has themselves condemned the practice. It isn't clear whether or not this will clear ICANN of financial responsibility in the lawsuit, but Network Solutions doesn't stand much of a chance of making themselves look like they aren't at fault here.

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