[registrars] Verisign ownes every name that does not exist - millions for free!

[Jim Archer]

Clever Verisign.  I suppose you could only do this if you are the monopoly 
that controls the root zone, although I have not figured out exactly how 
they do it yet.  I'm sure it will be clear as soon as we look into it.

But really, Verisign is essentially using every name that does not exist, 
thereby making it exist, kind of sort of.  Can they do this?  I would have 
thought that even Verisign has to pay for their domain names.  With this 
thing in place, they are essentially getting millions of domains for free.

And, since many unsophisticated users often use a web browser to see if a 
domain is available, NSI gets a huge advantage if Verisign decides to link 
them to register the domain.

I sure wish that my company could do this.  I'll bet everyone here does.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A996-2003Sep12?language=printer
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James W. Archer
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