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The Dot Biz TLD Registry
Registry of the "original, authentic" .biz, in operation since 1995.
http://www.biztld.net/
Is Dot-Biz Really a New Domain?
"Gallegos, who works for Atlantic Root Network, is happy to sell you a domain name with a 'dot-biz' suffix. The current cost: A handy $6 a year." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,40301,00.html
ICANN Movie, The
Satirical series of Flash movies about ICANN. Part II focuses on the .biz dispute.
http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/
Dot-Biz: An Illegal Lottery?
"In a class action lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, Newman is charging that Internet regulators, the company managing the dot-biz domain and a list of more than 30 individual registers are conducting an illegal lottery for valuable online property." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,45584,00.html
.biz Domain Registration a Complete Shambles
"The registration process for the new .biz TLD is so convoluted that even professional registration companies have no idea what is going on." By Kieren McCarthy. [Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19916.html
When Worlds Collide: The New Dot-Biz and the Old
"It seems the new dot biz domain conflicts with domains registered in an alternative root system." News and archived discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/28/030209.shtml
OpenNIC: ICANN's .biz
Archived debate by OpenNIC members over whether to peer ICANN's .biz collider or honor their prior agreement to peer Pacific Root's .biz.
http://scoop.opennic.unrated.net/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/7/3/162439/3221
ICANNWatch: Class Action Alleges ICANN's .biz Is an Illegal Lottery
A class action lawsuit was filed earlier this week alleging that the .biz registration process is an unfair and deceptive trade practice because it is running as an illegal lottery.
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/25/073442
Weird Doings at the FTC: Shoddy 'Consumer Alert' Appears, Vanishes
"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issues a pro-ICANN, anti-alternate root, consumer advisory entitled 'What's Dot and What's Not: Domain Name Registration Scams' that is partisan and inaccurate, then suddenly it's gone." News and discussion forum. [ICANNWatch]
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/17/222314
.biz Is Tiny -- or Is It?
Dueling accounts of the size of the PacificRoot .biz TLD. [ICANNWatch]
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/19/195040
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