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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) with Effective Date November 10, 1999, and relating to
the provision of registry services for the .com, .net and .org TLDs is hereby
approved by 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 Cooperative
Agreement # NCR 92-18742 pursuant to Section I.B.8 of Amendment 19 to that
Cooperative 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 DOC to facilitate the transfer
of those registry operations to a successor registry.
4. In the event that 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 MOU, 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 MOU, ICANN agrees that it will assign to DOC any rights that
ICANN has in all existing contracts with registries and registrars.
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
President and CEO Deputy Director of International Affairs
Internet Corporation for Assigned National Telecommunications and
Names and Numbers Information Administration
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