[registrars] Anyone signing the new .COM contract by the 30th?

[Mitchell, Champ]

Jim,

Do you really think that VeriSign will cut off one of its major sources of revenue and go into Q1 at a run rate below its published projections? They are not going to cut all of the registrars off. Further, if they actually did become possessed by aliens and try to do something so stupid and self-destructive, we will be in federal district court for a TRO immediately, which will in all likelihood be granted and you will all benefit from our spending money on lawyers. Enjoy your weekend. Best, Champ

W. G. Champion Mitchell
      Chairman & CEO
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Archer [mailto:jarcher at RegistrationTek.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:49 AM
To: john at johnberryhill.com; 'Rob Hall'; Mitchell, Champ; bhavin.t at directi.com; Nevett, Jonathon; 'Mark Jeftovic'
Cc: 'Registrars Constituency'; kurt.pritz at icann.org; 'Tim Cole'; 'John Jeffrey'
Subject: RE: [registrars] Anyone signing the new .COM contract by the 30th?

Folks, the immediate problem we have is a practical one.  Will Verisign 
turn us off if we don't return the agreement?

If so, we're forced to sign it, in which case I doubt it would be held 
valid as it was signed under duress, but that takes a legal action to 
determine.

We really can't afford to have Verisign turn us off, so since there has 
been no word from ICANN or Verisign on this we'll probably sign it and put 
it into FedEx today.  Then we have time to deal with the other legal issues 
later.



--On Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:11 PM -0500 John Berryhill 
<john at johnberryhill.com> wrote:

>
>
> All,
>
> To the extent that anyone may have already signed Verisign's document on
> the basis of the demonstrably false representation by Verisign that it
> was the agreement that was approved by DoC and ICANN, then Verisign would
> appear to have the larger problem, since it would be voidable on the
> ground of fraudulent inducement.
>
> Any registrars in that position should contact their legal counsel.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq.
> 4 West Front St.
> Media, PA  19063
> (610) 565-5601
> (267) 386-8115 fax
>
>



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