Why not get something up against ICANN? As far as I see it, we prevented the government from running the Internet by letting the government run the internet. Typical govvernment-style bureaucrats in my opinion. Right now they're still kissing NSI/Verisign's collective rear-end, and without some major change in leadership I don't see that being different. Eventually the mass exodus of customers from NSI will result in domains being locked PERMANENTLY as a way of keeping another registrar from getting them. This is ridiculous. Either get NSI to fly straight or don't let them register any more names; let them do nothing but run the registry.
Mike Frazer SpyProductions http://www.spyproductions.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "genie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: Re: NetSol now holds expired domains for 2 years?!?!?! > > We do expired domain monitoring and have number of domains in our Q with > expiration dates in 1999 > > I have corresponded with chief compliance officer at ICANN on this issue and > do not see any speedy resolution > heading our way. > > Similar to the issue of transfers - , NSI would throw up smoke sceens > regarding expired domain, to delay their loss of market share - instead of > focusing on improving their customer service. > > We are also feeding the class action lawsuit on NSI hoarding expired domains > http://www.eyeondomain.com/expired_domain_nsi_application.html > with additional evidence, trying to help the issue along. > > My subjective opinion after a year of pounding on all kinds of doors on both > transfer and expiring domain issues with NSI: > > NSI has enough revenues from their marketshare to pay the best attorneys to > delay any issue in our legal system for substantial periods of time. ICANN > has not yet enforced anything: I was quite hopefull that based on ICANN > forum feedback http://forum.icann.org/regxfer/ there would be a definite > resolution to the transfer issue, but so far no cigar. > > The more pressure we collectively place on NSI and ICANN, employing any > possible venues: media, courts, internet,... the better - but we are in for > a long haul - so with expectations adjusted to this level, let's support any > type of effort that pressures NSI into playing fair ! > > cheers > Genie > eyeondomain.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SpyProductions, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan Wray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: NetSol now holds expired domains for 2 years?!?!?! > > > > Here I thought the class action lawsuit was for their OTHER strongarm, > > underhanded, shady, borderline-illegal buisiness practices. I thought > this > > was the least of their problems until today. > > > > Mike > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "SpyProductions, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jonathan Wray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:57 PM > > Subject: Re: NetSol now holds expired domains for 2 years?!?!?! > > > > > > > FYI, there is already a class action lawsuit in progress over Netsol's > > > hording of expired names. If I can find the message I received about > > > this, I will post contact info to the list... > > > > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, SpyProductions, Inc. wrote: > > > > > > > Hear that? That's the sound of hundreds of registrars and resellers > > > > marching up to ICANN's front door with a battering ram. > > > > > > > > It's about time we lobby for something to be done :) > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jonathan Wray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:30 PM > > > > Subject: NetSol now holds expired domains for 2 years?!?!?! > > > > > > > > > > > > > just completed a chat with NetSol/Verisign regarding a domain which > > > > expired > > > > > over a year ago. the domain expired in May 2000, but it still is > not > > > > > available for registration. so i started a chat session with them to > > ask > > > > > why. typed with Vincent in session #131565. > > > > > > > > > > when asked why this expired domain name was not available for > > > > registration, > > > > > i was told that "it has to be in our system long enough to age > before > > it > > > > > can be released". i said "huh? it expired over a year ago in May > > > > > 2000. exactly how long before it is released for registration?" > > > > > > > > > > he says "it can take up to 2 years for a name to be released by the > > global > > > > > authorities." i said "WHAT? could you offer me a definative time > > frame > > > > > for Network Solutions/Verisign releasing this expired domain name?". > > he > > > > > says "like i said, it can take up to 2 years." > > > > > > > > > > i asked where i may find example of this policy... he never answered > > and > > > > > the chat went dead. typical NetSol quality. > > > > > > > > > > since when can an expired domain name be retained by the registrar > or > > > > > record for up to 2 years? did i miss something here? what can i do > > next? > > > > > > > > > > jonathan > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
