Re: [ga] Pooling .eu registrations for auction

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

  Remember Richard, ICANN has no real authority.  It agreements are
not truly legally enforceable.  The ICANN BoD and staff have
historically
shown a inability to enforce it registry/registrar agreements.

Richard Henderson wrote:

>    Message sent to EURID today for clarification -
>
> In the light of your webpage:
> http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/WarningUnaccreditedRegistrars
> where you state -
>
> "it has come to our attention that some registrars are 'pooling' the
> pre-registrations they accept with those of their partner registrars
> with the intention of auctioning to the highest bidder the first place
> in the queue for that name. This is in clear breach of the EU
> regulation and the EURid registrar agreement. Those registrars who
> participate in such activities risk having their agreement terminated
> and so will be unable to submit the pre-registrations they have
> accepted. We strongly recommend anyone who would like to register a
> .eu to contact an accredited .eu registrar from the growing list on
> our web site and to beware of schemes which invite them to participate
> in auctions."
>
> Please could you clarify EURID's position on companies like Pool.com
> whose established business model is to use a large number of
> accredited registrars to 'catch' domain names. If they use this method
> to 'catch' new .eu domains and then pool their 'catches' and offer
> them to auction to customers, will EURID take any action? I ask this
> because I have the opportunity to participate in Pool.com's efforts to
> catch new .eu domains and I need to know that their practice is in
> conformity with your agreements and that any domains purchased and
> acquired through this process will be safe and not taken off me.
>
> I am cc'ing this email to the ICANN community and the Registrar and
> Registry Liaison Managers at ICANN.
>
> I flagged up this impending complication to the .eu processes for the
> ICANN meeting in Capetown last year:
> http://www.icann.org/meetings/capeto
> n/icann-domainnames-workshop-doc1-01dec04.htm
>
> Thank you for any help and response you can send me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Richard Henderson
>

Regards,

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