[cc: to discuss-list clone trimmed] > > If it hasn't been paid, the "right" thing to > > do is delete it. > > But the domain *HAS* been paid... *sigh* Sorry to get involved with this > little argument (again) but this one really bugs me.
Someone has paid the registry, but no one has paid the registrar. As the contracts specifically contemplate that someone must pay the registrar prior to registration (or provide a reasonable basis for believing that payment will be made), the only logical assumption at this point is that the domain name hasn't been paid. Semantics perhaps, but my preference is always to err on the side of "doing the right thing" as it relates to the contracts... Think of the other side of the "didn't pay, have to seize it" argument...registrant has paid, but reseller doesn't pay registrar or registrar charges back registry - who gets to seize what now? -rwr
