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pgMedia Sues To Open the Domain Name Registration Market
press release from 03-20-1997
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pgMedia, Inc., d/b/a name.space tm
(http://namespace.pgmedia.net)
("pgMedia"), announces that it has
commenced an action in Federal Court in New York City against
Network Solutions, Inc. ("NSI"), seeking, among other things, to
open access to the domain name registration market to allow open,
unrestricted competition for the offering of Domain Name
registration under potentially limitless Shared Top Level
Domains. pgMedia believes that the Internet has long since become a
vibrant and maturing market in which certain de facto
monopolists, operating for profit, have been allowed to flout the
laws of the United States and other countries which are expressly
aimed at preventing such conduct. A copy of the Complaint in that
action is now available on the name.space tm
web page referred to above.
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With the commencement of this case,
pgMedia is now accepting registrations of domain names under an
expansive list of Shared TLDs. An initial registration under a
TLD listed on the name.space tm web page may be made for $10.
When, as a result of the lawsuit or otherwise, the names
registered become universally resolvable and the pgMedia Name Servers
become "root," an additional charge of $15 will be imposed to fully
register the name for the first full year of use following such
universal resolvability. pgMedia intends to charge a $25 renewal fee
for each subsequent year of use of names registered through its registry.
In addition, pgMedia is also accepting suggestions for additional Shared TLDs
to be added to the pgMedia Registry. The fee which will be charged for such
additional Shared TLDs has not yet been determined. For additional
information regarding the lawsuit or to receive regular updates,
please contact mjd@pgpmedia.com.
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For more information, please contact the pgMedia, Inc. legal
counsel at:
mjd@pgmedia.net
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