Comment I was told "Register mis-spelled variants" ! (Score 2, Informative) 38
Interesting discussion tonight with Verisign/Network solution supprot line (Worldwide: +1-703-742-0914 then 2 then 7).
I was complaining that while trying to reach my own mydomain.com (true name replaced here) I did a mistake and was drag to sitefinder.verisign.com and that i didn'' agree with that.
The man then went straight to tell me that I should buy misplling variants of my domain name !!!
I couldn't believe my ears ! I regret I hadn't a lawer to record the conversation ...
The man just agreed finaly it was not possible to buy all possible mistyppings in all languages keyboards lay-outs.
After a few minutes of exchanges (the total communication lasted for 12 minutes) the man finally failed to understand that I just wanted my IP to be excluded from siteFinder system, which I was telling him from the begining. Anymay, he then asked if I was the owner of the mis-typed name and I had to admit I was not. His point was that since I was not the owner of the mis-typed domain I had no right on it. True.
Now I reversed the charge and asked him if Verisign was the owner of the mis-typed domain and he was forced to admit that the answer was "no".
As we reached a dead end by this way we finally courtesy closed the conversation that is very interesting in my point of view.
The summary of this conversation is that :
- Network Solution is actively trying to use sitefinder mess to sell mis-typed domains, which may be reprehensive in some way (I am not a lawer, but if you bring somebody to some place against his will in order to solicitate him to buy something it may be illegal) ;
- Verisign must admit that it doesn't own the mis-typed domains. I don't know if there is an implication of that, through.