[geeks] ICANN is a useless puppet organization

[Brian Hechinger]

This is their response to me.  hmm, sounds like they could give a flying shit.

fuckers, all of them.

-brian

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Delivered-To: wonko at arkham.ws
From: "ICANN" <icann at icann.org>
To: "Brian Hechinger" <wonko at arkham.ws>
Subject: RE: Network Solutions
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:20:43 -0700
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Dear Brian,

Thank you for your inquiry regarding expired domain names.

ICANN has not yet adopted a uniform policy concerning the handling of
expired domain names.  Still, all registrars are required to comply with the
Registrar Accreditation Agreement
<http://www.icann.org/nsi/icann-raa-04nov99.htm>, section II.J.5 of which
provides as follows:

"Registrar shall register SLDs to SLD holders only for fixed periods. At the
conclusion of the registration period, failure by or on behalf of the SLD
holder to pay a renewal fee within the time specified in a second notice or
reminder shall, in the absence of extenuating circumstances, result in
cancellation of the registration. In the event that ICANN adopts a policy
concerning procedures for handling expiration of registrations, Registrar
shall abide by that policy."

Based on the above provision, registrars are required to "release" names
after a second notice and a grace period, unless there are "extenuating
circumstances."  These terms aren't defined in the
accreditation agreement, but some examples of situations that keep names in
limbo are payment disputes, ownership disputes, or lawsuits.  Sometimes
names appear to be expired but remain unavailable for re-registration for
months, (or even years.)

It is possible that the registrar is either just working
slowly or simply overlooked the name.  It requires an affirmative act to
remove a name from the registry; names don't just delete themselves after a
certain time.  Sending formal (or multiple) inquiries to the registrar may
succeed in getting a particular registration cancelled.

Best regards,
ICANN

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wonko at arkham.ws]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:39 PM
To: icann at icann.org
Subject: Network Solutions


i'm just curious to know how these guys can get away with what they are.

my domain information was screwed up when all the stuff was moved from
InterNIC
to NSI, and i had been completely unable to prove to them that i was the
true
owner of the domain.  so i waited.  i waited until the domain expired so i
could
re-register it.  well, it expired in March, yet they didn't actually release
it
until this month, just in time for a domain whore to get it.

is what they are doing valid?  does this not break about 400 rules like it
should?  what is going on here?

-brian


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