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RE: [registrars] PersonalNames.com
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Dear
Fran - The registrant constituency is very concerned about the apparent new
direct channel launched by GNR. We request that you urgently hold a
conference call with the constituency prior to Feb.1 in order to brief us on
this development
Regards,
Elana Broitman Register.com 575 Eighth Avenue New York, NY
10018 Phone (212) 798-9215 Fax
(212) 244-9589 ebroitman@register.com
I
concur, especially in light of the statement on their website:
"Personal Names
Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Name Registry Limited, the
Internet Registry for the .name Top-Level-Domain, accredited by ICANN. This
gives Personal Names Limited a unique desire to serve customers better than
any other .name provider in the marketplace."
It would seem to imply
that because GNR is accredited by ICANN, that Personal Names is as well (or at
least, it is very cleverly and confusingly worded).
Rob.
Rob - this is, indeed, very disturbing. Since
they don't launch for a week, our ExCom should ask on an emergency
basis for .name to hold a call with registrars to explain the
situation. don't you think? We should have Dan Halloran
involved.
It seems that the Global Name Registry has decided to
start selling domains to end users directly.
Check out
www.personalnames.com .
I don't see them on the ICANN accredited
registrars list, but that could just not have been updated yet. I
trust they won't just be bypassing the process.
I also note that
they claim they won't be publishing any of the "personal details" of a
user in the whois. I hope they aren't bypassing any rules that
the rest of us must follow.
From the site NOTE ON "WHOIS" SERVICE: Personal Names is committed to
protecting your privacy in the Whois service. Therefore, none of your
personal details will be published in the .name Whois service. You can put
your own, personal details in the Whois service if you wish. To do this,
please contact customer service who will love to be of
assistance.
All in all, I think this is something we may want to look
into more. When a Registry simply starts bypassing Registrars, I
have great concerns.
Rob.
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