[registrars] FW: [alerts] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Welcomes GoDaddy.com Takeover of RegisterFly Data

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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ICANN Welcomes GoDaddy.com Takeover of RegisterFly Data


Direct, automatic transfer of domain names imminent under business deal

29 May 2007

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: ICANN has welcomed today's GoDaddy.com(r)
announcement that it will take over the entire portfolio of more than
850,000 generic top-level domain (gTLD) names held by RegisterFly. 

"The RegisterFly situation has been extremely difficult -- first and
foremost for registrants, as well as for the entire registry and
registrar community," said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. 

ICANN's understanding is that GoDaddy.com and the gTLD registries
holding RegisterFly names have worked out the mechanics for restoring,
renewing, and redeeming names intending that no names will be
inadvertently dropped. According to the terms of the transfer agreement,
RegisterFly domain names and the data underlying the available proxy
service will also be transferred. People with domain names registered
with RegisterFly can contact GoDaddy.com at 480-366-3500 with any
questions about the transfer. GoDaddy.com also has a question and answer
sheet available at http://www.godaddy.com/welcomeregisterfly

"ICANN had been actively seeking participants to act as a transfer
provider to bulk transfer RegisterFly records to another accredited
registrar," Dr Twomey said. "We have ended that process because the
GoDaddy.com agreement is a better solution for RegisterFly customers
since it's a direct and automatic transfer to a competent and
experienced customer service oriented organization." 

Afilias and VeriSign, the two registries with the most RegisterFly
names, have forgone considerable fees for transfers. The gTLD registries
GNR, NeuStar and PIR also acted to prevent deletion of names. As well,
Tucows took uncompensated effort to provide data and pursue a solution
that would protect registrants. In each step of this situation, ICANN
and these organizations worked to serve and protect the interests of
registrants. 

"I want to commend the organizations that have come to the table to
ensure people's domain names were protected to the extent possible," Dr
Twomey added. "Especially, I also want to thank the registrars that came
forward to express an interest in acting as the transfer program ICANN
was developing, but which now will not be required. The work contributed
by their participation will lead to the creation of a standard process
that will better protect registrants." 

"After the passionate comments in response to my blog posting about this
ordeal, we decided to step up," said Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of
GoDaddy.com. "It's what many RegisterFly customers asked us to do." 

About ICANN: 

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and
country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet
protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet.
Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop
policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit
company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
<http://www.icann.org/> . 

Media Contacts: 

Jason Keenan
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan@xxxxxxxxx 

International: Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
Ph: +44 7921 588 770
E: andrew.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxx

Debbie Freeman
Public Relations Specialist, Go Daddy.com
Ph.: 480-505-8800 x4451
E: press@xxxxxxxxxxx

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