>2. You wrote "NSI registrar already does this in a big way.". Can you >provide some examples of NSI registrar names where they've given any >preferential access to names that were not renewed by a prior >registrant, i.e. names that were not deleted, but transferred directly >to a third party for consideration?
>When high-profile names like canary.com, compare.com, beijing.com, >peking.com, have been seen to drop into the open pool, which were once >at NSI registrar, someone at NSI registrar should be losing their job >if they were permitted under "the rules" to simply not delete it, and >do with it what they desire to maximize shareholder value. Or, perhaps >NSI registrar has to play by certain rules too.... I can confirm this does take place. The names NSI has taken over and resold were names that people registered in the old days under the "credit" system and the people never paid. Even after NSI had "prepayment" they still sold domains on 'credit' to those that opened a business account. NSI tried hiring bill collectors but idea went awry since NSI had often told people not to pay for domains so they would expire. Then NSI offered many these for auction and/or a straight sale. NSI would take them over if and when someone purchased them. The domains you discuss that were eventually released were paid for at one time but then were not renewed. There was also a scheme discussed when some employees sued NSI where some rouge employees at NSI had a scheme to divert deleted domains to cohorts.
