Ellen and all,
Yes indeed. And it is too bad that ICANN doesn't enforce their
own policies upon their Registrars.
Ellen Rony wrote:
> The Registrar Accreditation Agreement implies a prohibition against
> warehousing of domain names:
>
> http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-12may99.htm
>
> 9. Registrar shall abide by any ICANN-adopted policy prohibiting or
> restricting warehousing of or\ speculation in domain names by registrars.
>
> >>I'm curious about something. Many of you have probably seen the
> >>register.com commericals, where they have people touting the domains
> >>they've registered (e.g., sisterearth.com, hydrowatts.com, thefabers.com).
> >>Checking the whois database, of course, reveals all these domains are
> >>actually owned by register.com.
> >>
> >>Particularly in the case of thefabers.com, what recourse would a family
> >>with the last name of Faber have against this blatant squatting?
> >>These domains that register.com are using are not tied to or
> >>representative of any 'product or service', except that they are
> >>domain names, and register.com sells domain names.
> >>
> >>Would someone have a case to take these domains away from register.com
> >>under the UDRP? What are the implications should the arbiters decide
> >>that register.com deserves to keep these names?
>
> Mikki Barry wrote:
>
> >
> >Of course not. Register.com is a large company. Therefore, they
> >will win under the UDRP. Don't you yet understand how this works?
>
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