NetSol takes over .us TLD and does this

Fri Aug 10 12:58:07 UTC 2001

Apparently, NSI is now in violation of their cooperative agreement,
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/agreements/amendment21.htm

   As administrator, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to 
   maintain the status quo with respect to the operational policies, 
   practices, procedures, administration, and daily operations of the 
   .us domain (except as may be reasonably necessary to comply with 
   customary business practices and to minimize or mitigate risks), and, 
   unless directed by the Department, shall not alter the registration 
   policies of the .us domain.

Who do we sue for damages?

Shall we bring a clas action?

> > 31 hours later from the new registrar (Verisign):
> >
> > Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 19:27:10 -0400
> > From: US domreg <usdomreg at nic.us>
> > To: James Smallacombe <james at pil.net>
> > Cc: usreply at nic.us
> > Subject: Re: .us TLD whois not in DNS
> >
> >
> > Dear James,
> >
> > Thank you for contacting the US Domain Registry.
> >
> > The whois database was run by ISI until recently.
> > The whois server has
> > now
> > been taken offline and so there is no .us whois
> > server currently.  We are
> > currently working on a replacement but there is no
> > estimate on how long
> > that
> > will take.  In the meantime, if there are specific
> > domains you wish to
> > have
> > information on, please email them to us and we will
> > manually find the
> > information for you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > US Domain Registry
> > www.nic.us
> > usdomreg at nic.us
> >
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William Allen Simpson
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