Re: [wg-c] Pre-sold TLDs

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

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On 17-Apr-2000 Christopher Ambler wrote:
> Were ICANN to issue a rule that registries/registrars must
> remove all pre-registrations that they have done in the past,
> that rule would be challenged and certainly found unfair. Just
> as you cannot pass a law making what you did yesterday
> illegal such that you go to jail today, you can't retroactively
> cancel existing contracts - and make no mistake, the
> registrations are legal contracts.

Sorry, Chris, but ICANN never authorized you to make those registrations, and
is under no obligation to honor them.  If you can't or won't cancel them, that
just eliminates IOD from being eligible to apply for the TLD.

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