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EXHIBIT 99.6
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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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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
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registrars.
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Michael R. Roberts J. Beckwith Burr
Interim President and CEO Assistant Administrator
Internet Corporation for Assigned National Telecommunications and
Names and Numbers Information Administration
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