RE: [registrars] Dotster / Namewinner new delete poilicy

[Paul Goldstone <paulg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Plus the EDDP was announced 3 months prior to its start date but 9 months prior to it having any effect on the deletion of existing domains.

http://www.icann.org/registrars/eddp.htm
"...changes to the obligations in the RAA will apply beginning 21 December 2004. (These requirements retroactively apply to all existing domain name registrations beginning 21 June 2005."

Anything registered between December and June wouldn't be up for renewal anyway so the EDDP has no impact until 21 June 2005.

~Paul

At 01:27 AM 10/28/2004 +0530, Bhavin Turakhia wrote:
>do not be fooled. this workaround will last beyond Dec. since the way the registrars are modifying their contracts they basically take over the ownership of the name after expiry. therefore the registrant has changed and the registrar is themselves the new registrant. if you read the policy you will realize that it does not prevent this
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>bhavin
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>From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay Westerdal 
>Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:05 AM 
>To: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>Subject: [registrars] Dotster / Namewinner new delete poilicy 
><http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=74916>Dotster Inc.:  "Dotster Inc. announced today a new way to register valuable expiring domain names....NameWinner customers will now be able to bid on domain names that were registered at Dotster and its partner registrars but have not been renewed by their owners. Beginning on the domain expiration date, a list of these names will be made available daily on the NameWinner.com site and bidding will be open until the 40th day after the domain expiration date. If the current owner chooses not to renew their domain, the name will be made exclusively available to NameWinner customers. Unlike the previous methods of auctioning domains, the winning bidder will be guaranteed the domain if the previous owner does not renew."  
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>Will all registrars be following the Network Solution example? This work around will only last until December 21st 2004 until the <http://www.icann.org/registrars/eddp.htm>http://www.icann.org/registrars/eddp.htm comes into effect.