Ron,
Have you stated this concern to the ICANN or the DNSO PNC to date?
This would be a good place to start if you wish those concerns to be
addressed. You might also let a some media folks know as well. Maybe
they will pick up on this and see a potential byline for a story here...
Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> >Return-Path: <richard>
> >Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: richard (Richard J. Sexton )
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >Path:
>ns3.vrx.net!news2.best.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-xfer.epix.net!news1.epix.net!not-for-mail
> >Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
> >Subject: Re: tits.com
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Bennett)
> >Organization: Netcom
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> >Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:27:06 GMT
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> >
> >Richard-
> >
> >You're missing my point!!
> >
> >I understand the aspect that registrars may have different rules in regards to
> >registering domains, but this has *nothing* to do with that...please re-read my
> >original post again!
> >
> >Bottom line is try to register tits.com or tits.ANYTHING and its immediately
> >rejected at Register.com. So the average person can't even attempt to register
> >such a domain there. The point is that Register.com appears to be cheating and
> >giving some registrants preferrence (i.e. themselves) or has some security
> >holes that allow people to sneak such domains through.
> >
> >Ron Bennett
> >
> >
> >In article <7k32d5$iv8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >>
> >>
> >>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:33:00 -0800
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ellen Rony)
> >>Subject: Re: [IFWP] FYI
> >>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>Someone wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>SO HOW COULD SOMEONE REGISTER TITS.COM AT REGISTER.COM WHEN THEY BLOCK
> >>>>REGISTRATION *REQUESTS* FOR SUCH DOMAINS!??
> >>>>
> >>>>Just to be sure that the TITS.COM and similar are still blocked, I tried
> >>>>registering various profane domains at both NSI webpage and via NSI
> >>>>registration template and couldn't. So my question is how could someone
> >>>>register TITS.COM??
> >>
> >>The answer is simple. NSI, the registrar, has a different policy as
> >>regards "offensive" words (although I'm not certain this word fits that
> >>description) than does register.com. NSI officials confirmed to me late in
> >>April that this might occur in the Shared Registry System.
> >>
> >>I presume that words protected by federal statute (e.g., NASA, Olympic,
> >>Citius, Red Cross, etc.) will remain unavailable through any testbed or
> >>accredited registrars.
> >>
> >>
> >>Ellen Rony Co-author
> >>The Domain Name Handbook ____ http://www.domainhandbook.com
> >>======================== ^..^ )6 =============================
> >>ISBN 0879305150 (oo) -^-- +1 (415) 435-5010
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] W W Tiburon, CA
> >> Dot com is the Pig Latin of the Information Age.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Richard Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bannockburn, Ontario, Canada
> >>70, 72 280SE; 83 300SD http://www.mbz.org
> >
> >
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