What about making a contract with all clients _before_ these kinds of
problems arise? Do I have the right to make a contract with the client which
gives ownership over the domain to me in case he/she does some naughty
thing? Or, in other words, can I bind a domain to some services I provide,
and keep the ownership from the start - of course with the consent of the
registrant?
- Csongor
----- Original Message -----
From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stewart Boutcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "OpenSRS Discuss List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan Wood"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: Legal/Ethical question for the list
> Hello Stewart,
>
> This is my personal opinion.
>
> Domain registration should be considered to be totally separate, and
> under no conditions should domains be held hostage by MSPs who provide
> other services and are owed money by the domain registrant for those
> services and not for the domain registration itself.
>
> Nothing in your registration agreements gives you the right to revoke
> the ability for the registrant to use their domains elsewhere for
> monies owned not related to the domain registration itself.
>
> If he is transferring the domains, you should do nothing to block
> them.
>
> You will end up giving not only the disgruntled customer, but the new
> webhost, grounds for public criticism that you hold domains hostage
> over billing disputes. They will make it appear like they don't owe
> you anything and that you are claiming otherwise vindictively.
>
> You've heard the saying that a customer with a good experience will
> tell 1 person, but one with a bad experience will tell 10?
>
> I can't speak for OpenSRS, but I would imagine they would be obligated
> to do whatever the domain registrant requested, and that your dispute
> would be entirely independent of that.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
