In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nicforce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't really see what all the fuss is about. From my >perspective, a 1-year domain registration creates a 1-year >contract between the registrant, myself, and Tucows. At the >point that the domain expires without renewal, all obligations >and responsibilities (other than those mandated by ICANN) expire >with it. If the registrant doesn't want their domain to point to >a DNS error, 404 error, or anything else, then ... hmmmm ... >perhaps they should renew their domain name. No. The contract is not over, for a number of reasons. 1) The domain is still listed as being owned by ME, but is not under MY control. Listing me as the owner is likely fraud if I am no longer the owner. It's one thing if it's listed as expired, the service is deactivated, and it's just a "Owner was here" type record. It's another when a site which is not under my control is put up under my name. And yes, I have received threats of legal action over a domain which was listed in my name, but which I was not the actual owner, so no this isn't just a hypothetical ranting. 2) Thanks to ICANN's brilliance, the domain cannot be deleted immediately -- Until the domain goes through the redemption period, I'm still the owner. >As a web host, I can see some potential benefit to this. If a >customer visited his/her domain and saw a page explaining that >the registration had expired, they'd have an immediate answer to >their questions about why their web site and e-mail weren't >working. That would save both me and the customer time and >energy. Sure. And they'll especially like it when those name servers are cached for an extra 72 hours after they pay and after I reactivate the site. That's a BIG benefit to me and my customers. Having an immediate answer isn't really all that helpful since they still need to contact their RSP to renew. _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
