Re: [ga] Kamusi.com Domain

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim and all,

  Thanks for your input and declaration.  However it doesn't
quite meet the smell test.  I applaud that Godaddy is desiring
to meet the needs of it's clients/registrants that want a level of
privacy.  Yet privacy has little to do with cybersquatting and
you know this, or should know.  The miss use of Domains By Proxy
to register for it's clients as an agent for GoDaddy and than
squatting on those same domain names is not doing so to provide
privacy as the primary motivation but being used as an excuse
for being misleading and therefore dishonest.  That's not an expectable
method of providing privacy of Registrants nor is providing a privacy
service a reasonable excuse for cybersquatting.  Whearhousing of
Domain Names is not creditable.

Tim Ruiz wrote:

> Hi Debbie. FWIW,
>
> GoDaddy.com is not cybersquatting. Domains By Proxy is an affiliate of
> GoDaddy.com, but provides its own customer support. This is no secret
> and is a fact we have been clear about in public and with ICANN. We
> offer Domains by proxy's private registration services at GoDaddy.com
> just like we offer any of our other products and services:
> http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/dbp/landing.asp
>
> Domains By Proxy (DBP) was formed in response to customer demand for
> privacy.  When a GoDaddy.com customer is registering a domain name, they
> may select the DBP service. DBP then becomes the registrant of record
> and DBP's contact information is used for the public Whois database. DBP
> then enters into a separate agreement with the customer wherein the
> customer retains all rights of domain name ownership.  If the customer
> should ever desire to become the actual registrant of the name, they
> simply have to cancel their DBP service and they automatically become
> the registrant of record. This is a part of every DBP customer
> agreement. In addition, DBP's agreement with its customers is also very
> strict regarding Spam, IP infringement, and other illegal acts:
> http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx
>
> You should know that Go Daddy has no more interest in a name registered
> privately through DBP than it does any other non-private domain name
> registration.
>
> Best regards,
> Tim Ruiz
> Vice President
> Corp. Development & Policy
> The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
>
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ga] Kamusi.com Domain
> From: "Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, January 21, 2009 11:14 am
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi
>
> As many of you know, The Kamusi Project is under the umbrella of the
> World
> Language Documentation Centre.
>
> It would appear that http://www.kamusi.com was purchased at around the
> time
> that the Director of the Kamusi Project started investigating domain
> names
> (1997). It has had a holding page up for longer than the Director can
> remember.
>
> These links make interesting reading:
>
> http://kamusi.org/en/new_domain_name
>
> http://whois.domaintools.com/kamusi.com
>
> Can anyone shed any light on whether GoDaddy (or a subsidiary) are
> cybersquatting 7 million names as reported?
>
> Thanks
>
> Debbie Garside
> Chief Executive Officer
>
> PS Kamusi is Swahili for dictionary
>
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>
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>
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