Re: [ga] Here we go again...

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard et al.,

It is clear what is happening here... it's a cash grab.  The 
registrar in question is milking what it cinsiders to be a loophole 
in its accreditation agreement.  What will ICANN do?  Track down the 
owner of each domain to verify their professional status?  I think not.

You might as well register a few good names yourself (while they're 
still available).

Sotiris



Richard Henderson wrote:

> OK, here's just a snapshot of the crazy activity that's been going on at 
> RegistryPro over the past month. Question for RegistryPro: have you 
> autheticated each and every one of these registrations (as required by 
> your Agreement with ICANN) not to mention hundreds of other 
> registrations in the past month which I have not listed (yet) here? 
> Another Question for RegistryPro: did it not seem strange to you that 
> this sudden activity was going on, and why are nearly all these domains 
> active, and at what stage did you stop taking the money and notify ICANN 
> of this sudden spate of registrations? And finally a question for Tim 
> Cole (ICANN liaison) and Vint Cerf (ICANN President): if these 
> registrations are in breach of the ICANN Agreements, does this mean that 
> we are faced with another round of cancellations (such as we had with 
> .info and .biz)? What does an ICANN Agreement actually mean? What does 
> ICANN accreditation actually mean? I see this (potentially) as a 
> justification of the argument for punitive sanctions against Registries 
> or Registrars who abuse ICANN processes.
>  
> 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
>  
> There are hundreds / thousands more like these... has RegistryPro 
> checked and authenticated the professional credentials of all these 
> people over the past month? Has EnCirca adhered to ICANN policies? I 
> thought .pro names were supposed to be used for professional 
> accreditation, not as yet another gTLD.
>  
> Yrs,
>  
> Richard Henderson
>  
>  

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