On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 11:55 AM, ezgoing wrote:
My problem with this is that Registrars are holding domain names for yearsCompletely separate problem. Mixing the two problems in the same thread will only cause confusion.
after they expire with nothing being done about the problem.
So why is the problem so great just because the Whois information is wrong?For the same reason it's always been a problem. People need to be able to find and contact the domain-holder in the event of a problem, etc.
In my opinion, any domain that is not being used to host a site within 90
days of being registered should be returned to the registry for somebody
that would actually use the domain.
Define "host a site"? There is more to the world than HTTP and SMTP.
And those who register domain names on speculation and hold them for yearsWhat's the difference, technically, between "speculation" and "buying a domain for a business-model you have that you are working on"? Please give details. :)
without using them are doing even more wrong to the system. We would not
have a problem with a shortage of current TLDs if the Registrars were forced
to release expired domain names and domain name speculation was not allowed.
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