[190438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New ICANN registrant change process
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Mon Jul 4 14:35:43 2016
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From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 18:35:37 +0000
In-Reply-To: <800550479.18808.1467654861589.JavaMail.zimbra@baylink.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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I've worked behind the scenes for more than one of these outfits. I can tel=
l you that domain registrars are basically printing money. On the other han=
d, I've also been the victim of domain hijacking. I can tell you that the d=
omain registrars involved were less than useless in reversing the obviously=
fraudulent transactions. They basically said "Not our problem. Deal with i=
t."
That's on top of the other obviously unethical practices by registrars, suc=
h 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. =20
To the registers whining about this change:=20
Not my problem. Deal with it.=20
-mel beckman
> On Jul 4, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
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> I'll go ahead and assume I wasn't the last person to get this memo (court=
esy
> Lauren Weinstein's PRIVACY Digest):
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> https://opensrs.com/blog/2016/06/icanns-new-transfer-policy-will-impact-b=
usiness-customers/
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> It does seem that this is going to make life difficult for a bunch of pre=
tty
> normal business processes.
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> If you didn't know about it either... ask yourself why not.
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> Cheers,
> -- jra
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> --=20
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