NSI cybersquating

[Richard Pyne]

Is there anything in the ICANN rules governing the release of domains
that are not renewed?

I have been waiting since 24 July 2000 for the release of a domain that
has not been renewed by the original registrant. I already own the .org
and .net counterparts, but NSI has not released the .com even though it
is expired and it no longer resolves from the root servers.

--Richard