The former registrant should contact the former registrar if he believes his domain has been hijacked. The new registrar has no contractual relationship with the former registrant and is not obligated to help him. In fact, it may be a party to the hijacking, if in fact there was one.
Of course, in all the cases I've personally dealt with, the former registrant allowed the registration to expire, and then blamed everyone except the responsible party for the loss. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Loren Stocker'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Marc Schneiders'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: RE: [Re: [Re: [Historical whois]]] > To this point the registrar is not being particularly helpful. The > domain was grabbed by someone who has many thousands of domains > registered through this company - and I'm sure that is playing some role > in the current problem. > > I've send the former domain owner to ICANN to try to get some relief. I > just wish there were some way to also show that the domain was > improperly dropped - or at least that it was originally supposed to drop > in 2003 and somehow dropped a year early. > > I'm also simply taking the word of the old domain owner at this time. He > swears that the domain had another year, that his admin contact > information was accurate, and that he never heard anything from the > registrar at all - and only noticed the problem with his very high > traffic forum domain started to point to another website. I have no way > to prove any of this - so an historical whois record would be very > interesting. > > -t > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Loren Stocker > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:06 AM > > To: Marc Schneiders; Loren Stocker > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: [Historical whois]]] > > > > > > Good point, > > > > I'll bet you can track a domain back via the database > > listings from each Registrar -- like a chain. > > > > Best, Loren > > > > > > Marc Schneiders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't the registrars have to keept these data somewhere? Just > > for cases like this.
