Re[2]: What to do against a Registrar who abuses his position?

[Derek J. Balling]

At 6:07 PM -0700 9/5/00, William X. Walsh wrote:
>  > Where did you get this statement from? Is there some 
>documentation somewhere
>>  that supports this i.e. the RSP documentation, ICANN contract .... something
>>  other than your word?
>
>Practice.  Look at nearly every registrar.  Who approves changes for
>domains at NSI?  The admin contact.  Who approves transfers between
>registrars?  the admin contact.  Who binds themselves to the contracts
>during the transfer process?  The admin contact.
>
>When the password for a domain is lost, who is sent the password,
>David?  The admin contact.
>
>For all intents and purposes, in actual practice, the admin contact IS
>the owner of the domain name, with the full right to transfer that
>domain, not only between registrars, but between third parties.

No, for all intents and purposes, the admin contact is charged with 
day to day operations of the domain name. Sounds just like the 
PURPOSE of the admin contact.

D