I feel that if Verisign wanted to actually do some good, they would have negotiated a retail minimum price rather than just raising their wholesale price. The registrar space is already a race to the bottom, so if Verisign made that bottom more profitable for the registrars rather than themselves, that would make this action seem to be a little bit more charitable.
That said, I do agree that domain squatting is a problem which should be addressed. I don't think this is the way to do it though.
That said, I do agree that domain squatting is a problem which should be addressed. I don't think this is the way to do it though.