Re: [ga] Re: Board descisions

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 04:28:59 -0500, Chuck Gomes wrote:

>Where does it state anywhere that any current .org registrants will have to
>give up there names?  Granted that ICANN has stated that it intends to
>return .org to its original purpose which has been mischaracterized as for
>"non-profit organizations" only.  But I don't think there is anything in the
>new agreements that define any procedures in this regard.  My understanding
>is that those kinds of decisions will be made independent of the execution
>of the new agreements if they are approved.  That includes what the
>qualifications will be for new .org registrants and whether or not existing
>registrants will be grand fathered.

This isn't aimed at Verisign or Chuck - he just mentioned the issue.
But I find it damn scary that some people could even consider that
existing registrants in a TLD would not be grand fathered if there is
a policy change.  The thought of hundreds of thousands of registrants
having their domain names forcibly removed from them is quite
horrifiying to me.  

Registrants can invest a lot of money in their domain name and to have
it removed from them due to a policy change is not something that
should happen.  IMO once a Registrant has a domain name they should be
able to keep it for ever as long as they confirm to normal rules (pay
their fees, are not cybersquatting etc).

DPF
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