From: Judith Oppenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:47:00 EDT
Subject: Don'tTakeMyDomainName.com
> Dear Domain Name/Web Site Owner:
> "Your domain name can be cancelled, revoked, deleted or
> transferred at any time at our discretion."
> Signed,
> Every .com registrar.
> *********
This is not maybe, or later. This is now.
It's got nothing to do with trademark disputes or contested
name disputes.
Your trademark status does not exempt you.
Agreements among ICANN, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Network
Solutions, Inc., have been placed at http://www.icann.org/agreements.htm.
There is a public comment period which will end on October 29, 1999.
A link for comments - http://www.icann.org/agreements.htm -
is supposed to be available later today.
"Any language, including the ICANN Registrar Accreditation
Agreement clause J.7.i., that results in domain name seizure
policies in registrar/registrant contracts, should be stricken
immediately."
Feel free to comment using use this suggested language.
If you'd like more background information or documentation
prior to commenting, email me at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
subject head Don'tTakeMyDomainName.com.
Judith Oppenheimer, 1 800 The Expert, 212 684-7210
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Publisher of ICB Toll Free News: http://icbtollfree.com
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President of ICB Consultancy: http://JudithOppenheimer.com
TOLLFREE-L is edited, published and compilation-copyrighted
by Judith Oppenheimer, publisher of ICB Toll Free News
(http://icbtollfree.com) & WhoSells800.com
(http://whosells800.com), and President of ICB Toll
Free Consultancy (http://800consulting.com).
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: So tell me Judith, has ICANN made a
grab or power play for your domain name yet? How long do you think
it will be before a telco somewhere decides they need 'tollfree' for
the name of some commercial website they decide to operate and you
lose it?
Seriously people, you need to go look and READ CLOSELY the nightmarish
contract that you get to sign the next time your domain name comes
up for renewal. They mean business. The internet is not yours any
longer. The contract is horrible, and is tilted entirely in favor of
Big Business, the people that put ICANN in business and intend tokeep
it there. PAT]
