James M Woods wrote: > Regardless of whether or not the expiring reseller participates in the > auction the domain will be put in auction at the time of expiry.
So everyone is included even if they don't "participate"? How, ummm, Orwellian. >> Or >> will his domain name not be included in the auction at all because he >> didn't give explicit consent at that time? > > consent is not required And yet the RAA, which is a legal agreement you signed with ICANN, contains: "3.7.5 At the conclusion of the registration period, failure by or on behalf of the Registered Name Holder to consent that the registration be renewed within the time specified in a second notice or reminder shall, in the absence of extenuating circumstances, result in cancellation of the registration by the end of the auto-renew grace period (although Registrar may choose to cancel the name earlier)." "3.7.5.1 Extenuating circumstances are defined as: UDRP action, valid court order, failure of a Registrar's renewal process (which does not include failure of a registrant to respond)...." "3.7.5.3 In the absence of extenuating circumstances (as defined in Section 3.7.5.1 above), a domain name must be deleted within 45 days of either the registrar or the registrant terminating a registration agreement." In other words, if the registrant doesn't consent to renew it (and pay for it -- another part of the RAA prohibits registrars from registering or renewing domain names without payment), it needs to be deleted at the registry. The policy is designed to prevent registrars taking expired domain names without the consent of the registrant, yet Tucows plans to do exactly that. Strange. Ah well. There's profit to be made, eh?! -- Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies http:///www.tigertech.net/ _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
