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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.

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