Ok, newbie here, lurking for a while, keeping my mouth shut, but now it's time to join in.
The whole industry is doing it already, and now OpenSRS has started testing it as well. What would be the difference between the SnapBack service and the new OpenSRS product? I don't believe names that are 'back ordered' through SnapBack actually get dropped if they're controlled by NSI. Just because they update the 'Record Created' value doesn't mean it ever became available to the public again in a first come first served method. Although I honestly can't say for sure how the SnapBack service works because I didn't build it. I would (along with others), like to hear more details about what the plan is for OpenSRS in this regard before drawing a final conclusion on whether or not I agree with the idea. If the new product helps to create a more even playing field in the game between us and Verisign etc, and is still fairly ethical, then it's all good. :) Dave On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, zxcvb wrote: > >Does anyone actually *like* the idea of getting access to 'dropped > names', > >assuming the whole channel had the access. Ross asked the question, I'd > >like > >to see it answered. > > You don't explain what you mean by "access". SnapBack-like service is > OK, Hijacking domains is not. I have talked customers into paying a > higher fee because Tucows does not do this sort of thing. Some of these > customers have hundreds or thousands of domains;. > > I would "like" it if I got the name I wanted for sure. However, I would > still not go along with it because it violates the ICANN agreements and > the whole industry would start to do it. > > I do not agree with Mr. Allen when he says it does not violate the ICANN > agreement. While the agreements can be interpreted in a number of ways > the issue is that ICANN does not enforce the agreement. Just because > ICANN doesn't enforce it doesn't mean it doesn't violate the agreement. >
