[ga] Re: Here we go again... the growing .pro disaster

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why has RegistryPro been registering domains for EnCirca's "ProForwarding Service" if .pro domain names are reserved (by the terms of ICANN's Registry Agreement with .pro) for registrants whose professional credentials have been checked by the registry?

RegistryPro: "Each registrant's identity and professional license information will be verified against relevant public and third-party databases PRIOR to domain name activation." (RegistryPro's own website).

adult.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 22nd Feb
advertising.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 21st Feb
africa.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
america.pro ... Jens Melchelke (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
animals.pro ... Von Poehline ... EnCirca ... 5th March
apartment.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 14th Feb
apartments.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 14th Feb
artist.pro ... Si Yi Hu (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
asia.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
asian.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 5th March
auction.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
auctions.pro ... M Comings ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
audio.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
auto.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 16th Feb
baby.pro ... Qisheng Yang ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
banker.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 25th Feb
bargain.pro ... Chia-Lin Wang (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 4th March
baseball.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
basketball.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
beach.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 4th March
beauty.pro ... Ying-Chi Sun (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
beer.pro ... Dan Hart ... EnCirca ... 5th March
beijing.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
betting.pro ... Ying-Chi Sun (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 4th March
bible.pro ... Stephany Kambarian ... EnCirca ... 13th March
birthdays.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 6th March
boat.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 5th March
boats.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 5th March
book.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 22nd Feb
books.pro ... Mark Luquette ... EnCirca ... 25th Feb
boxing.pro ... Jimmy Persson (Sweden) ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
brokers.pro ... Ben Johnson ... EnCirca ... 4th March
builder.pro ... Michael Fisette ... EnCirca ... 8th March
cable.pro ... Eric Graychock ... EnCirca ... 8th March
capital.pro ... Chris McIntosh (UK) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
cars.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 16th January
cards.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
career.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
careers.pro ... Kivilcim Istanbulluoglu (Turkey) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
carrental.pro ... M. Comings ... EnCirca ... 18th March
casino.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 8th January
casinos.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 14th Feb
chat.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 10th Feb
chemistry.pro ... Matthew McCann ... EnCirca ... 4th March
child.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 6th March
children.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 6th March
childcare.pro ... John McKanna ... EnCirca ... 6th March
christmas.pro ... Eric Graychock ... EnCirca ... 7th March
city.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
club.pro ... Yongwu Shao ... EnCirca ... 25th Feb
coach.pro ... Mark Sillender ... EnCirca ... 6th March
coffee.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
college.pro ... Chuck Hatcher ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
colleges.pro ... Kivilcim Istanbulluoglu (Turkey) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
company.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
computer.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 30th Nov 2004
computers.pro ... John Cosgrove ... EnCirca ... 1st March
construction.pro ... Chuck Hatcher ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
consultant.pro ... Andy Lemminger (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
consultants.pro ... Ben Johnson ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
cooking.pro ... Ying-Chi Sun (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
city.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
cosmetic.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 22nd Feb
cosmetics.pro ... Jean-Francois Arrou-Vignod (France) ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
credit.pro ... nameshare / encirca ... EnCirca ... 10th Feb *** this one seems to have been registered by Encirca themselves and uses EnCirca nameservers***
creditcard.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 19th Jan
currency.pro ... Tariq Ghafoor ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
dance.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
date.pro ... Chad Markus ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
dating.pro ... nameshare / encirca ... EnCirca ... 10th Feb *** this one seems to have been registered by Encirca themselves and uses EnCirca nameservers***
dentists.pro ... Ben Johnson ... EnCirca ... 4th March
diamond.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
diamonds.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
diet.pro ... nameshare / encirca ... EnCirca ... 10th Feb *** this one seems to have been registered by Encirca themselves and uses EnCirca nameservers***
digital.pro ... Mark Luquette ... EnCirca ... 21st Feb
divorce.pro ... Stephen Sturgeon ... EnCirca ... 3rd Feb
dogs.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
drug.pro ... Yongwu Shao ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
drugs.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 21st Feb
drugstore.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
earth.pro ... Toshiro Fujimoto (Japan) ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
ecommerce.pro ... Ying-Chi Sun (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
education.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 21st Feb
electronics.pro ... Mark Luquette ... EnCirca ... 25th Feb
employment.pro ... M. Comings ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
english.pro ... Andy Lemminger (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
england.pro ... Kivilcim Istanbulluoglu (Turkey) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
entertainment.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
erotic.pro ... Allen Lee (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 3rd March
erotica.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 6th March
escort.pro ... H. Groot Lipman (Netherlands) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
escorts.pro ... H. Groot Lipman (Netherlands) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
euro.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 11th Feb
europe.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
exchange.pro ... Chris McIntosh (UK) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
exercise.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 4th March
export.pro ... Eric Graychock ... EnCirca ... 8th March
family.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
farm.pro ... Von Poehline ... EnCirca ... 5th March
fashion.pro ... Andy Lemminger (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
film.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 23rd Feb
finance.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 20th Jan
fishing.pro ... Si Yi Hu (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
fitness.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 17th Feb
flight.pro ... Fevzi Konuk (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 18th March
flights.pro ... Andy Lemminger (Germany) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
florist.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March
food.pro ... Michael Silver ... EnCirca ... 18th Feb
football.pro ... Carl Graham ... DomainPeople ... 1st March
friend.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 6th March
friends.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 6th March
furniture.pro ... Vincent Liao (Taiwan) ... EnCirca ... 2nd March

We had this rubbish with .info when Afilias went ahead, took the registration money, and registered fraudulent .info names, even where the applications from the registrars were in clear breach of the ICANN Agreements. Is this what is happening here all over again? Has the RegistryPro registry accepted the money, and gone ahead and registered these domains, in breach of their own Agreements with ICANN? If so, then why? And what does ICANN propose to do about it?

RegistryPro says: "Each registrant's identity and professional license information will be verified against relevant public and third-party databases PRIOR to domain name activation." (RegistryPro's own website). The majority of these domains have been activated. Has the verification taken place?

Yrs,
Richard Henderson