NSI adopted this policy a week or so ago. yes this is a clear violation of ICANN's transfer policy. see the policy faq here:
http://www.icann.org/transfers/dnholder-faq-03nov04.htm this was a practice first adopted by go daddy some time back. we have complained about it to ICANN on numerous occasions. as we feared NSI has simply seen the lack of enforcement on the part of ICANN compliance and decided to do the same thing. it is a great way to keep customers from transferring. both will claim that it cuts down on fraudulent transfers. sort of in the same way a strip search at the cash register cuts down on shoplifting. to ICANN's credit, they have not dismissed our complaints, but instead asked us to help them by compiling evidence of the problem. unfortunately, we think the burden should be on go daddy and NSI to prove that a problem exists that REQUIRES them to ignore the policy. also, there is a clear process in place for changing policy when it is fond to be inappropriate. apologies, but we simply do not have the resources to compile a body of evidence for ICANN. believe me this is duly noted and is the third one I have seen brought to my attention (who knows how many paul karkas has seen) in the week since NSI changed the policy. if folks would like it, I would be happy to provide you all with the contact info for the right people at ICANN to complain about this. perhaps if each of you have one or two stories to tell we can turn the tide here. Regards Elliot Noss On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Kevin W. Brown wrote: > > We have just encountered a new Network Solutions policy. Now, when a > customer changes the admin contact of their domain, NetSol places a > 60-day registrar lock on the domain. > > We had a customer update their admin contact in preparation for > transferring in to Tucows, so NetSol automatically locked the domain. > There was no mechanism for unlocking the domain through the NetSol web > site. Our customer called NetSol, and they refused to remove the > lock, > and that our customer would have to wait 60 days to transfer the > domain. > Unfortunately, the domain expires in a couple of weeks. I would > think > that this is a fairly common scenario, so it appears to be just > another > attempt at NetSol trying to hold on to a domain. > > Can NetSol do this? Isn't this a violation of ICANN policy? > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Kevin W. Brown | 2975B Manchester Rd. | E-Mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Quantum Internet Services | Manchester, MD 21102 | Voice: > 410-239-6920 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > My current spamtrap: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
