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DomainSage · 11-14-2002, 12:14 AM

Is it true that if you send a letter to the person who owns the domain based on his contact info in the whois database and he does not respond within 20 days it will be transfered to the complaintaint??

Does anyone know what the specific letter is?

**888** · 11-14-2002, 12:46 AM

I've never heard of it and wonder if its true. Otherwise I will test my luck sending to Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and IBM....

Maybe you're refering to domains with bogus contact info? You can file a compliant to Internic here:
http://www.internic.net/cgi/rpt_whois/rpt.cgi

**jberryhill** · 11-15-2002, 12:17 PM

No. The proposition is not true.

Read a domain name registration contract from any gTLD registrar. They all state that failure to provide correct contact details in response to a registrar inquiry is grounds for deletion of the domain name registration in 15 days from notification.

No, the domain name is not transferred to anyone as a reward for pointing out bad whois data.

uuallan · 11-16-2002, 12:42 PM

I sounds like a good urabn legend though

. Sort of like, if your dormmate in college dies, you get all As for that semester.

11-14-2002, 12:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
DomainSage Registered User - Must Upgrade To Post Last Online: 07-29-2004 02:12 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 258 DNF$: 275	Is it true? Is it true that if you send a letter to the person who owns the domain based on his contact info in the whois database and he does not respond within 20 days it will be transfered to the complaintaint?? Does anyone know what the specific letter is?

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jberryhill Philadelphia Lawyer Last Online: 09-18-2009 01:17 AM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,987 DNF$: 6,350	No. The proposition is not true. Read a domain name registration contract from any gTLD registrar. They all state that failure to provide correct contact details in response to a registrar inquiry is grounds for deletion of the domain name registration in 15 days from notification. No, the domain name is not transferred to anyone as a reward for pointing out bad whois data. __________________ John Berryhill Ph.d., esq. John-AT-johnberryhill.com Please do not send private messages via dnforum.com, email me directly.

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11-14-2002, 12:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
888 Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 08-30-2009 01:00 PM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 670 DNF$: 412	I've never heard of it and wonder if its true. Otherwise I will test my luck sending to Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and IBM.... Maybe you're refering to domains with bogus contact info? You can file a compliant to Internic here: http://www.internic.net/cgi/rpt_whois/rpt.cgi

11-16-2002, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
uuallan Registered User - Must Upgrade To Post Last Online: 08-26-2003 03:40 PM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 68 DNF$: 418 Location: Leesburg, VA	I sounds like a good urabn legend though . Sort of like, if your dormmate in college dies, you get all As for that semester.

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