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Tentative Agreements among ICANN, the U.S. Department
of Commerce, and Network Solutions, Inc.
(Posted September 28, 1999)
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[Note: ICANN has posted the following
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
AMENDMENT 1
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), dated November
25, 1998, the Parties hereby agree to adopt the following terms
as contemplated in Section V of the MOU:
1. The Agreement entitled "Registry
Agreement" between ICANN and Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI)
dated ________ and relating to the provision of registry services
for the .com, .net and .org TLDs is hereby approved by the DOC.
ICANN will not enter into any amendment of, or substitute for,
said agreement, nor will said agreement be assigned by ICANN,
without the prior approval of DOC.
2. ICANN shall not enter into any agreement
with any successor registry to NSI for the .com, .net. and .org
TLDs without the prior approval by DOC of the successor registry
and the provisions of the agreement between the registry and
ICANN.
3. ICANN agrees that, in the event of the
termination by DOC of the Cooperative Agreement pursuant to Section
1.B.8 of their agreement, ICANN shall (1) exercise its rights
under its Registry Agreement with NSI to terminate NSI as the
operator of the registry database for .com, .net and .org and
(2) cooperate with the Department to facilitate the transfer
of those registry operations to a successor registry.
4. In the event that the DOC, pursuant
to the terms of the Registry Agreement between ICANN and NSI,
approves the assignment of that agreement by ICANN to another
non-profit entity, that new entity shall also be required to
agree to be bound by this Agreement, and that entity shall succeed
to the duties, obligations and benefits of this Agreement, and
shall be recognized by DOC as the "NewCo" identified
in Amendment 11 to the Cooperative Agreement and Section I.B.1
of Amendment 19 of the Cooperative Agreement.
5. If DOC withdraws its recognition of
ICANN or any successor entity by terminating this Agreement,
ICANN agrees that it will assign to DOC any rights that ICANN
has in all existing contracts with registries and registrars.
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Michael R. Roberts
Interim President and CEO
Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers |
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J. Beckwith Burr
Assistant Administrator
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration |
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