At point in time does the registrar or the reseller have any claim of "ownership" to the domain name. If it hasn't been paid, the "right" thing to do is delete it. The registrar has no superior claims to a domaim...we are also just "pass-throughs"...section 3.5 of your registrar accreditation agreement is pretty specific about this. Besides, you should know better than to let other registrars set a bad example for you. If this was the best way to proceed, then we'd all suck as much as Network Solutions - and be charging $35 a year for the privilege.
Can't say that I like it much, but the rules are there to be played by - except by those that don't. -rwr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donny Simonton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Charles Daminato'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Mark Petersen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'John T. Jarrett'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 21:29 Moo! Subject: RE: Changing Admin Info after Refund > Chuck, > Don't want to make this any worse, but we do the same thing at > directNIC. If a customer charges back on us, they did not pay for the > domain, I did. Not only did I pay the registration fees, but I paid the > chargeback fees. So we take the domains and put them up for sale. If I > could I would redirect them to some horse porn site, but the owners > wouldn't let me. :) > > So I do understand why register.com and godaddy confiscate domains. > > Donny > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-discuss- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles Daminato > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:47 PM > > To: Mark Petersen > > Cc: John T. Jarrett; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Changing Admin Info after Refund > > > > Precedence does not make it "right". I don't fully understand the > > legalities of it (Ross would have to explain - Ross?), but I > > believe Register does not take control of the domain (i.e. they > > don't assume ownership and sell to soemone else). They simply > > "hold" it, if it's not paid it stays on hold until the day it > > expires (then it goes up for deletion) > > > > Charles Daminato > > TUCOWS Product Manager > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Mark Petersen wrote: > > > > > Stand on precedence. Register.Com is allowed to seize domains on a > daily > > > basis. > > > The routinely change registrants WHOIS information from whatever > *was* > > there > > > to: > > > > > > register.com > > > Unpaid Names Department-R > > > 575 Eighth Avenue > > > New York, NY 10018 > > > US > > > Phone: 212-798-9200 > > > Fax..: 212-594-9876 > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > If they can do it, why shouldn't we be able to? > > > It's supposed to be a level playing field, right? > > > Good luck, > > > Mark > > > > > > Mark Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John T. Jarrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 3:45 PM > > > Subject: Changing Admin Info after Refund > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul over in compliance says it is against ICANN reg's for > > > > me to change admin info after a customer refunds on the > > > > domain name registration: > > > > > > > > "I hate to tell you this but you are not allowed to change > > > > the whois information - ICANN rules. It appears as though > > > > you are trying to take away someone else's property." > > > > > > > > Frankly, I couldn't care less how it looks. I've offered the > > > > refund codes from the merchant account holder LinkPoint > > > > themselves so there's proof behind appearances. > > > > > > > > Can y'all point me to what he's talking to? I can't find it > > > > in the UDRP or the Reg Agreement. I don't mind complying > > > > with written rules if I can find them, but I'd rather not > > > > let this woman steal three domain name registrations if I > > > > don't have to! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
