Hi folks, Any day that VeriSign feels pain is a good day for domain name registrants suffering from its abusive monopoly. See more at: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12528570 http://www.domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=100435 We must temper our expectations, though, as VeriSign has some of the best lawyers in the world fighting for it. But, we've long felt that the contract was anti-competitive, so it's great that the appeals court recognized that the case pleadings were proper, the case should not have been dismissed, and that the case can proceed. The discovery of documents and depositions of witnesses (perhaps including those at ICANN involved in the anti-competitive contracts) will at least provide entertainment value. :) And perhaps with a bit of luck, we might see a tender process for .com/net AND other gTLDs (including .org), something we've long advocated. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/