> this seems to imply that they (CIRA) want to keep .ca domains for the > Canadians And ... ? > My question therefore is - are there any rules that would allow CIRA to > *close down a website / domain* that was registered to a Canadian but > clearly was being used (sub-let) by a non-Canadian company Yes. Read the CIRA regulations. > if the answer is - No they can't shut it down > can somebody please give me the address of a Canadian mail-drop > company, so > that our client can register their required domains to a Canadian address, > which can then forward the ownership documents & any other snail mail to > their "foreign" company (presumably these type of mail-drop > companies exist in Canada) Well, for about $1000 you can register a company here. But, of course, one of your principals needs to be Canadian ... or you need an office here. > if the answer is Yes - > why are they allowing Canadians to register an unlimited number of domains > that can be sold for a massive profit as soon as an International > Court bans CIRA from making such jingoistic restrictions Well, they'd be selling them only to other Canadians, right? So don't worry. Let us colonists fight amongst ourselves. :) And CIRA has (or will have) a dispute policy in place anyway, in order to keep cybersquatting in check. Besides, what international court is going to do this? Do any have any authority over CIRA? I don't think so. > i thought The Internet was supposed to open up a whole new world > of equality > for everybody not keep the old one for those more equal than the others. Yeah, reality sucks, eh? I hope you have complained to the German, Italian, and Australian ccTLD registries too. Not to mention the .US domain. And many others, I'm sure. - Colin
