Re: [ga] Re: Here we go again... Dot .Pro scam?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard, Tim and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  The ICANN *Accredited* registries are acting in a self-regulating
manner
as the ICANN staff does not have the resources, ability, inclination,
nor
authority to adequately regulate it's own so called *Accredited*
registries,
or for that matter registrars.  This is why DOC/NTIA has oversight which

is also seems to significantly abrogate as well.  Hence the DNS
namespace
gets compromised in this manner with .pro, much like it did with .Biz
and
.INFO.  Any stakeholder/user that believes domain names in the .pro
name space are legitimately *Professional* organizations as the TLD
"Name" would indicate is simply a fool..  There is now, nor was there
ever going to be due diligence done on all .Pro registration requests
PRIOR to the requested said registration being avaliable/resolvable..

Richard Henderson wrote:

>    On what grounds has EnCirca registered:
>
> http://www.credit.pro
> http://www.dating.pro
> http://www.diet.pro
> (there may be others) ?
>
> If you click on any of these, they give you the option to register a
> .pro name.
>
> Try it: type in an obscure name and click "Check". It leads you
> straight to EnCirca.
>
> Surely this use of .pro contravenes the intentions and purpose of the
> .pro sTLD?
>
> Has RegistryPro checked to see if EnCirca has registered these names
> with verified professional credentials?
>
> Isn't ICANN's plan to have a TLD dedicated to accredited professionals
> just being ridiculed?
>
> In my opinion, this is a classic example of people in the "Domain
> Supply" Industry exploiting their position and misusing the DNS in
> pursuit of their own private gain. EnCirca is an ICANN-accredited
> registrar but it is operating in a manner which seems to run counter
> to the intentions of ICANN. What possible case can there be for .pro
> registrations for credit, dating, and diet and their use as
> traffic-grabbers to route people to the EnCirca Homepage?
>
> Why has RegistryPro allowed a thousand or more .pro names to be
> activated in a tide of new registrations in the past month, when it's
> obvious to anyone that most of these registrations contravene the
> terms and/or intentions of the ICANN Agreement? They are meant to
> verify the professional claims of each of these registrations PRIOR to
> activation.
>
> Yrs
>
> Richard Henderson

Regards,

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