Seems to me that the proper thing to be done would have been for Registries to deauthorize registrars on the grounds of continuous streams of complaints.
On July 4, 2016 2:35:37 PM EDT, Mel Beckman <[email protected]> wrote: >I've worked behind the scenes for more than one of these outfits. I can >tell you that domain registrars are basically printing money. On the >other hand, I've also been the victim of domain hijacking. I can tell >you that the domain registrars involved were less than useless in >reversing the obviously fraudulent transactions. They basically said >"Not our problem. Deal with it." > >That's on top of the other obviously unethical practices by registrars, >such as seizing nonexistent domain names following a prospective >buyer's whois search, sluggardly unlocking of domains, etc. > >Something had to be done. Now it has been. > >To the registers whining about this change: > > Not my problem. Deal with it. > > -mel beckman > >> On Jul 4, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Jay R. Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'll go ahead and assume I wasn't the last person to get this memo >(courtesy >> Lauren Weinstein's PRIVACY Digest): >> >> >https://opensrs.com/blog/2016/06/icanns-new-transfer-policy-will-impact-business-customers/ >> >> It does seem that this is going to make life difficult for a bunch of >pretty >> normal business processes. >> >> If you didn't know about it either... ask yourself why not. >> >> Cheers, >> -- jra >> >> -- >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >[email protected] >> Designer The Things I Think >RFC 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land >Rover DII >> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 >647 1274 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
