The Domain Name Journal has posted an editorial "Time
For ICANN to Reign In Out-of-Control Registrars"
decrying the current state of the domain name
industry. http://www.dnjournal.com/editorial.htm
Meanwhile, on the Registrars Discussion List, we note
the following:
"Dear Registrars:
I would like to report on the unauthorized use of our
subnets by a player in the delete pool.
It appears that said firm has started playing the game
of registering with *no* client requesting the
domains. It was reported on the Registrars List that
some registrars are capturing deleted domains and
checking to see if there is enough web traffic on a
given domain to make it marketable. If not, they
simply delete within the five day limit graciously
provided by Verisign, a serious misuse of the RRP
cancel function.
Further, for every wasted capture, said firm has
reduces the number of successful registrations coming
to their "partner" registrars, badly eroding our
profits.
This practice is in blatant disregard of the letter
and spirit of our contract and constitutes a fatal
breach."
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg02480.html
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