WLS
lawsuit
dropped
The
lawsuit
filed
by
a
large
group
of
registrars
to
prevent
the
launch
of
the
controversial
Wait
List
Service
has
been
dropped.
The
complainants
simply
do
not
believe
WLS
will
ever
be
put
into
action!
Domain
name
system
regulatory
body
and
Icann
and
.COM
registry
Verisign
were
the
entities
being
sued
by
a
group
of
registrars
intent
on
preventing
WLS
from
being
implemented.
The
system,
which
is
designed
to
snatch
expiring
domains
before
they
are
put
back
into
the
pool
of
available
names,
was
thought
up
by
Verisign
and
given
the
go-ahead
by
Icann
in
2004.
Because
WLS
is
centralised
by
the
registry,
it
effectively
puts
an
end
to
a
prolific
domain
name
backordering
industry.
At
the
moment,
it
is
up
to
each
registrar
to
offer
their
customers
a
way
to
get
expiring
domains,
should
the
registrar
want
to.
Those
that
have
launched
back-ordering
tools
and
services
don't
want
them
to
be
made
obsolete
by
WLS.
Waiting
on
Icann
But
the
chances
of
that
happening
seem
to
be
getting
more
and
more
remote.
Since
green
lighting
WLS
last
year,
Icann
hasn't
carried
out
the
necessary
steps
to
get
the
system
to
market.
This
includes
making
a
formal
request
to
the
US
Department
of
Commerce
and
such
a
request
has
yet
to
be
sent.
The
registrars
in
the
lawsuit
against
Icann
and
Verisign
dropped
the
case
last
month,
admitting
that
they
simply
no
longer
felt
there
was
a
threat
of
WLS
every
becoming
a
"practical
reality"
at
this
stage.
With
even
the
system's
opponents
under
the
impression
that
WLS
is
doomed,
there
now
seems
to
be
very
little
chance
of
Verisign's
baby
ever
being
born.
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