[77459] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: improving the registrar transfer process
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Tonkin)
Thu Jan 20 18:29:19 2005
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:28:49 +1100
From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> > Accountability. Responsibility.
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> I agree with you on this 100%. ICANN needs to enforce there=20
> current policies. =20
I agree too.
> Look at totalnic/pacnames. They have been=20
> refusing transfer requests years now until very very recent. =20
> What has ICANN done about all those complaints and violations=20
> that has been well documented?
> nothing!
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> ICANN needs to stop just accepting money and start enforcing=20
> policies...
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Interestingly, the ICANN equivalent in Australia (auDA), does
pro-actively enforce policies, and even took Capital Networks to court
on the basis that they could be de-accredited as a registrar for .au, if
they continued not to allow transfers for .com.
See:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2004/324.html
The original judgment is at:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2004/808.html
