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Article: VeriSign Takes Site Finder Dispute to Court.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
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- Computergram International
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- February 27, 2004
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By Kevin Murphy
VeriSign Inc yesterday sued domain name system manager ICANN over what it says is constant interference with its ability to offer new services, bringing to a head years of friction between the company and the body it describes as its "de facto regulator".
The company wants the Los Angeles court to rule that ICANN should not be allowed to block, delay or regulate VeriSign services such as Site Finder, which VeriSign launched in September and subsequently turned off at ICANN's demand.
"ICANN has purported to assert progressively broader authority to 'regulate' the services VeriSign may offer and the prices at which they may be ...