Comments on: RegisterFly Update 22 May, 2007

By: Francis

Francis — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:19:00 +0000

The gentleman has a point. You are, as an organization, of little value and utility unless the complainant is a large corporation with deep pockets. The illegal theft of domains is a growing problem and icann is not equipped to deal with the issue. Your insensitive bureaucratic responses to inquiries is further evidence that icann is indifferent to this issue and should indeed be dismantled and replaced by regional authorities.

Your rather juvenile response is troubling.

By: Kieren McCarthy

Kieren McCarthy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:00:02 +0000

Hello Jack

I am afraid that ICANN’s bylaws prohibit the organisation from running any wars, especially historical ones.

However we are working on an extensive translation program which, if the demand is sufficiently high, may make some of our materials available in German.

Thank you again for your reasoned and insightful comments. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Kieren McCarthy
General manager of public participation, ICANN

By: Jack Durban

Jack Durban — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:02:21 +0000

Light on facts? I have an entire paper trail between Godaddy and myself showing exactly what happened. The FACT is that ICANN is a useless organization that only stands in the way of protecting owners of domains. Your outlandish fees and lack of common sense practical solutions to problems like mine only highlights why your organization needs to be absorbed by a real organization actually interested in protecting the rights of those who expect some form of protection against theft of property. If you guys ran world war 2 the world would be speaking German.

And why would I pay to fly out there to participate in an organization that is no more powerful than a homeowner association?

You are completely useless and ineffective and should be disbanded to make way for a real and viable solution to domain theft!

Jack Durban,

Victim of domain theft and the ineptness of ICANN

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By: Kieren McCarthy

Kieren McCarthy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:41:02 +0000

There’s a lot of allegations here Jack but precious few facts.

If you believe GoDaddy has broken the terms of its agreement with ICANN, please email us at registry [at] ICANN [dot] org giving further details and we will look into it.

If you think the system itself is wrong, please turn up at the next ICANN meeting and say so. We have just closed a public comment period on reform to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#raa-consultation) and just had a public meeting about changes at our recent ICANN meetings.

But I’m pretty sure there will be another public comment period where you opinions will be counted.

If you have specific questions about how you can get involved, or what the best method is, please post here or email me direct.

Kieren

By: Jack Durban

Jack Durban — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:09:23 +0000

Godaddy should not be considered as they have a serious security problem. Someone there stole one of our most valuable domains. We can’t figure out how they did it but godaddy is complicit in their failure to provide a simple verification email to us to confirm or deny the transfer. It was quite simple for the thief but not so easy to get it back. It will cost us thousands to get it back. Godaddy basically told us to go pound sand. To get this back we have to file a cease and desist letter through an attorney. Then after a predetermined period of time if the crook fails to comply then we have to file a formal action with ICANN or better put “ICANNT” and give them $1,500.00 to impanel a board of arbitrators!
Total bill with all legal fees could reach several thousand dollars.
I got hosed by godaddy and Bob Parsons didn’t even send me flowers.

This method of recovering stolen domains is counter-intuitive and needs to be transferred to the courts.

$1,500.00 to recover an obviously stolen domain is itself a crime. Simple cases should be handled like a simple case like small claims court in the U.S.

ICANN might as well just advertise “sorry we only protect the interests of large corporations and the wealthy”.

The 9-5 type of guy gets the shaft.

By: Grandpa

Grandpa — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:47:05 +0000

First they say that domains will be transferred to “an existing accredited Registrar with a demonstrated record of customer service”, and then they announce that they apparently have changed their minds and transferred them to Go Daddy.

The same people who hire telephone staff who don’t know the first thing about the business and who, once they have your credit card number, make charges to it at their leisure.

Thanks a lot, ICANN!

How can I get my domains transferred to a legitimate registrar?

By: Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:32:44 +0000

Just like the pizza guy. Thank you. Thank you. This is great news. Autoresponder Letters

By: WebGuru

WebGuru — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:23:47 +0000

Well then if that is the case, WHY IS THERE AN ICANN if you have no powers. That is what it sounds like.

Just another Gov. group that loves to take vacations and money.

Again, just what is your purpose?

Your useless.

Its took 2 years ansd still nothing.

Money is being extorted, fraud is still being allowed to happen.

This is good reason for another enity to assume control of ICANN.

By: Dave Zan

Dave Zan — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:24:22 +0000

I say ICANN has the authority to make Enom let us renew our names at a reasonable price.

Such a conclusion is easy to reach if one doesn’t care to read and understand the agreements reached in the first place. ICANN has no authority to dictate to registrars how much they “should” charge their customers for, and neither will the registrars appreciate them imposing such.

Would you like someone to impose their will on you, especially if it’s for something neither of you agreed to in the beginning?