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In 1993, NSF and NSI entered a five-year cooperative agreement, which appointed NSI as the sole provider of domain name registrations for the .com, [[.net]], and [[.org]] gTLDs.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010301153634/http://networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/internic/cooperative-agreement/agreement.html NSI-NSF Cooperative Agreement]</ref> In 2000, Network Solutions was acquired by [[Verisign]],<ref>[http://about-networksolutions.com/corporate-history.php Network Solutions History]</ref> which retained NSI's registry business. Verisign is the curent registry operator of the .com gTLD.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/com/ .com Registry Agreement]</ref>
In 1993, NSF and NSI entered a five-year cooperative agreement, which appointed NSI as the sole provider of domain name registrations for the .com, [[.net]], and [[.org]] gTLDs.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010301153634/http://networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/internic/cooperative-agreement/agreement.html NSI-NSF Cooperative Agreement]</ref> In 2000, Network Solutions was acquired by [[Verisign]],<ref>[http://about-networksolutions.com/corporate-history.php Network Solutions History]</ref> which retained NSI's registry business. Verisign is the curent registry operator of the .com gTLD.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/com/ .com Registry Agreement]</ref>
===25 Years of .com===
An informational video on the growth of the Internet since .com was introduced, produced in 2010:
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===Renewals===
===Renewals===
In August, 2012, 3 of [[ICANN]]'s Constituencies, the ([[ALAC]], [[GNSO]] [[Business Constituency]], and [[GNSO]] [[Intellectual Property Constituency]]) sent a letter to ICANN complaining that the organization held its renewal talks with [[Verisign]] behind closed doors, which they say is responsible for the lack of [[Whois|Thick Whois]] requirements for the .com TLD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/08/21/constituencies-blast-icanns-closed-door-verisign-com-contract-renewal/ Constituencies Blast ICANNs Closed Door Verisign Com Contract Renewal, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
In August, 2012, 3 of [[ICANN]]'s Constituencies, the ([[ALAC]], [[GNSO]] [[Business Constituency]], and [[GNSO]] [[Intellectual Property Constituency]]) sent a letter to ICANN complaining that the organization held its renewal talks with [[Verisign]] behind closed doors, which they say is responsible for the lack of [[Whois|Thick Whois]] requirements for the .com TLD.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/08/21/constituencies-blast-icanns-closed-door-verisign-com-contract-renewal/ Constituencies Blast ICANNs Closed Door Verisign Com Contract Renewal, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>