Bob,
Your sentiments are seconded. But you're telling the wrong people. You should
bring the matter to the attention of ICANN, who are ultimately responsible.
Write an open letter on the subject and send it to them. Put it on your
website, and set up a script to allow people to co-sign it. I'll be the first.
adam
Bob's Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > So, it's been over 3 months that since the name expired,
> > although, the record was updated 2 months ago; possibly,
>
> Just another aside... sorry for the cross-post I'm just so ticked off after
> trying to register ANOTHER domain that expired 8 months ago, today, I'd like
> to see some list feedback on the general feelings of the list population.
>
> Am I the only one who finds this intensely irritating? That I have to sit
> and 'prey' on a domain name I'm after that someone else clearly no longer
> wants, and even if I'm checking it several times a day there's a chance I'll
> miss it/lose it.
>
> I've yet to see anyone offer a doable solution to the problem, but there has
> to be something we can do to pull the rug from under Netsol's feet. I have
> been criticised in the past for calling this practice of theirs 'hi-jacking'
> but I believe in calling a spade a spade.
>
> THE DAY THE THING EXPIRED AND WASN'T RENEWED was the day the domain lost
> 'ownership'. The fact that it WAS registered through Netsol does NOT give
> them the right to hold onto it. Domains are in the public domain, they do
> not 'belong' to Netsol to rent, nor do they 'belong' to the person renting
> them. All I'm buying is the exclusive right to USE that name for a year, or
> more.
>
> It is for this reason that I insist that Netsol holding onto expired domains
> is 'hi-jacking'. It is NOT theirs to hold onto, they lost the right to do so
> at the same instant the previous regitrant lost HIS right to use it - when
> the registration period expired.
>
> I would LOVE to see someone test this, in court. I would even be prepared to
> assist with the funding of such a test case, if enough people were willing
> to join and keep the costs reasonable.
>
> A few hundred people like me, trying to register a domain that's expired
> months ago, would make a pretty strong case and sufficient purse to see it
> through.
>
> Or should I just shut up and contact the previous owners, which gives them a
> 'tip-off' that I'm after it in which case they'd simply renew and try to
> charge me a fortune. Seems to me I'm in a no-win situation there...
>
> Regards
>
> Bob
>
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