Re: [ga][RAA] Involuntary expirations

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Dierker and all,

  Of course you can regulate reality.  Legislating same is not
advisable.  Enforcing regulation is a more difficult task to
accomplish, yet still doable if diligence is present.

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    I see your point and agree to an extent. Making money off anothers'
> misfortune is bad.
>   But I do not know that we can regulate morality. I like the
> voluntary (and presumably charged for) services of reminders.
>
>   Eric
>
> Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   At 02:13 a.m. 18/04/2007, you wrote:
> >Jeff,
> >
> >Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I read the article and
> I am
> >not buying it. I saw only a baldfaced assertion of stress but no
> evidence
> >except on behalf of an employee with a mega corp. And it would appear
> to
> >be that employees' job to do what she was complaining about doing.
> >As for everyone making money on the system; what is wrong with that?
> >
>
> I think it is sleazy to make money from involuntary expirations.
>
> It feels like finding and keeping lost property. To use a system of
> "finding" is o.k., but if the owner of lost property shows up at your
> whois, you don't charge him $1000 to get it back.
> This is the common sleaze that registrants complain about.
>
> Re-registration within 45 days should require explicit approval from
> the
> last registrant.
> Just a small safeguard to strengthen registrant rights and make Domain
>
> Names that much more valuable.
>
>
> -joop-
>
>
>
>

Regards,
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