----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark E. Mallett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: Re: chutzpah
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:33:47PM -0500, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > > Don't you love it when somebody blithely sends in a transfer request > > for a domain they don't own, hoping to steal it away? We got one > > of these today. (Since we have had the domain for over 15 years, > > one would think the perpetrator-to-be could tell we probably want > > to keep it still.) > ... > > > (I did send off a complaint to NSI to see if they could do something.) > > BTW I received a response. One of those nice polite letters explaining > patiently, as to a child, that anybody can initiate a transfer and > it's my job to reject it; completely ignoring what I actually asked > about: i.e. about some way to hold people accountable when they > knowingly attempt to hijack domains in the hope that somebody will > accidentally relinquish it. > > Pretty much what I expected. > > mm It's an imperfect system, but I don't see what requesting a domain transfer violates. If I call you on the telphone and ask you to transfer the title to your car to me, you're likely to tell me to go to hell. If you're really stupid and say yes, without my deceiving or threatening you, then guess what? The car's mine. I would think approximately the same applies with domain names. If you're deceived into approving a transfer, you have recourse to get the domain back, though I highly doubt you have recourse beyond that. Like the letter said, it's up to you to reject the request.
