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Old 04-01-2003, 07:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Unhappy ICANN to prohibit private sale of domain names!!

MARINA DEL REY, California (AP) -- The international body that oversees the administration of internet domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), announced Tuesday that the private sale of domain names will soon be prohibited. Domain names are necessary to convert the network address of internet computers into more easy to remember character-based names, such as cnn.com. However, some people have attempted to capitalize on this system by hoarding these names in an attempt to resell them to companies or individuals who often have no choice but to pay large sums of money if they desire a memorable spot on the web. This practice has caused a host of problems for ICANN.

Beginning next month, only approximately one hundred ICANN-sanctioned registrar companies will be permitted to sell domain names. An individual who desires a name on the internet will be required to purchase it from one of these registrars, and according to ICANN, the registrars will be prevented from allowing the transfer of domain names to a party other than the original registrant. This move is likely to outrage many domain name owners who will be stuck with a large number of domain names they had hoped to resell for a profit.

According to Alejandro Pisanty, Vice-Chairman of ICANN, people who register domain names have no right to transfer them to another party, since domain names are rented and not owned. “These domain name speculators are causing all kind of nightmares for our organization,” said Pisanty, “from ownership disputes to nearly crashing the servers which run the internet naming system by overloading them in an attempt to register large numbers of domain names at peak times. We had to do something.”

This resolution is scheduled to go into effect on May 1, 2003. Many domain name experts have suggested that this new rule is unenforceable, but Pisanty claims domain name registrants who are found to have violated this order will have their domain names revoked, and will be prevented from registering any more.

Some say this rule is illegal. If affected parties turn to the courts for help, most legal experts believe it will be abolished before it becomes active. Pisanty isn’t discouraged by the possibility of a legal battle. “We are ICANN, we can do whatever we want when it comes to this kind of thing. That's what we're here for,” he said.
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Old 04-01-2003, 07:59 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Must be some kind of 1st April fool joke - i hope
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Re: ICANN to prohibit private sale of domain names!!

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MARINA DEL REY, California (AP) -- The international body that oversees the administration of internet domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), announced Tuesday that the private sale of domain names will soon be prohibited. ...
This is the only announcement made by ICANN on Tuesday (28 March 2003):
http://www.icann.org/riodejaneiro/stld-rfp-topic.htm

Check out other recent ICANN accnouncements here:

http://www.icann.org/announcements/

Sometimes, you just can't take some ill-informed journalists for granted.

EDIT: can't not can
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Good one Shiftlock.
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Must be some kind of 1st April fool joke - i hope
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Must be some kind of 1st April fool joke - i hope
Ahhh! Forgot that!
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Old 04-01-2003, 08:53 AM   #7 (permalink)
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heh, I heard today Iraq won the war. Shocking but true!
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When I first read it, I thought, it doesn't sound too far fetched coming from ICANN and we need to change the focus of DNF.
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When I first read it, I thought, it doesn't sound too far fetched coming from ICANN and we need to change the focus of DNF.
Right. I tried to give it away at the end with the outrageous quote of "We are ICANN, we can do whatever we want..."
But in retrospect, it really does represent their attitude!
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Old 04-01-2003, 09:48 AM   #10 (permalink)
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One thought comes to mind: Orson Wells, "War of the Worlds

good one shiftlock--
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Old 04-01-2003, 03:14 PM   #11 (permalink)
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yikes, almost had a heart attack!

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You know, this one is almost believable! That's scary.
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Old 04-01-2003, 05:23 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Old 04-01-2003, 05:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Delete it before ICANN gets any ideas

Nice one shift
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Old 04-01-2003, 05:32 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I was kind-of (but not quite believing this) until I came across that sentence... Alrthough it DOES represent their attitude

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I tried to give it away at the end with the outrageous quote of "We are ICANN, we can do whatever we want..."
But in retrospect, it really does represent their attitude!
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Old 04-01-2003, 07:26 PM   #16 (permalink)
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LOL. You have some creative flair!

Yup, I also breathed a sigh of relief at the last sentence, which was too far-fetched, even for ICANN.

Thanks for the laugh!
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Old 04-02-2003, 11:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
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The registrars would freak, and many would go bust. Only netsol would love that, because no speculator in their right mind would use them or register.com Truly, shoul you be putting such ideas in thier twisted minds?
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Old 04-04-2003, 03:45 AM   #18 (permalink)
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nightmare, this should NOT happen. :(
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